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This quote: > Last year, almost 27 (26.7) million people took a cruise holiday, and there were nine overboard incidents involving passengers. This equates to a
by boulos 8y ago
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> Last year, almost 27 (26.7) million people took a cruise holiday, and there were nine overboard incidents involving passengers. This equates to about one incident per seven million passengers,”
seemed like "Huh, weird math error" but then I realized that they likely meant what they said, and consider someone a "passenger" per trip. So, this implies that of the people who take cruises, they take about two per year on average. Interesting stat if correct!
- cardiffspaceman 8y agoI took two cruises each year 2017 and 2018, and I'm not retired. I also flew somewhere on vacation those years, more times. The stats mean, some people have leisure time.
- Casseres 8y agoI bet the median is one per year though. Out of everyone I know who goes on cruises, they just go once a year. I imagine there are quite a few people that go multiple times a year that would pull the average away from the median. Cruises are often cheaper than retirement homes and provide better service assuming the passenger does not have a serious ailment.