Costa Concordia has become a tourist attraction as hordes of visitors are headed to the Italian island Giglio to see with their own eyes the sinking ship.
Ferry services, that carry passengers to the small italian island are booked out and many tourists are left behind.
As an Italian visitor to Giglio, mentioned in Eturbonews: “”We were curious about seeing what happened and to see it close up”.
At the same time, tour operators and analysts are cautious about cruise industry as they predict that short – term, a small decrease in bookings will be inevitable.
However, there are no clear evidence about mass cancellations in cruise bookings the past ten days. Moreover, according to CruiseOne, bookings were rose at 5,9% over the weekend compared with the same weekend a year ago. Senior Vice President and General Manager of CruiseOne, Dwain Wall attributed the rise “to the fact that our clients are educated, seasoned travelers for the most part and understanding that this is a rare accident.”
Before Concordia’s tragic accident, almost ten days ago, forecast of Cruise Market Watch was predicted that this year, about 20.3 million passengers would choose to make a cruise.
