Global Marine Tourism Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Maritime tourism refers to those recreational activities which involve travel away from one’s place of residence and have the marine environment or inland waters/waterways as their host or focus, such as sailing, boating, yachting, cruising, nautical sports, Sea angling, Marine wildlife watching and some emerging activities like Sea kayaking, Coastal Rowing, Surfing, Windsurfing etc.

According to APO Research, The global Marine Tourism market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Marine Tourism is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Marine Tourism is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Marine Tourism is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global companies of Marine Tourism include Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Lines, MSC Cruises, Genting Hong Kong, Disney Cruise, Silversea Cruises (Royal) and Dream Yacht Charter, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Marine Tourism, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Marine Tourism.

The Marine Tourism market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Marine Tourism market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, gross margin by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Marine Tourism Segment by Company

Carnival Corporation
Royal Caribbean
Norwegian Cruise Lines
MSC Cruises
Genting Hong Kong
Disney Cruise
Silversea Cruises (Royal)
Dream Yacht Charter

Marine Tourism Segment by Type

Cruise Tourism
Yachting and Sailing Tourism
Others

Marine Tourism Segment by Application

Passenger Tickets Service
Onboard and Other Service

Marine Tourism Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Marine Tourism market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Marine Tourism and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Marine Tourism.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of global and regional market size and CAGR for the history and forecast period (2020-2025, 2026-2031). It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 3: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 4: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 5: Detailed analysis of Marine Tourism companies' competitive landscape, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product introduction, revenue, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Concluding Insights of the report

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1 Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.3 Global Marine Tourism Market Size Overview by Region 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.4 Global Marine Tourism Market Size by Region (2020-2031)
1.4.1 Global Marine Tourism Market Size by Region (2020-2025)
1.4.2 Global Marine Tourism Market Size by Region (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Marine Tourism Market Size (2020-2031)
1.5.1 North America Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.2 Europe Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.4 South America Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.5.5 Middle East & Africa Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (2020-2031)
2 Marine Tourism Market by Type
2.1 Type Introduction
2.1.1 Cruise Tourism
2.1.2 Yachting and Sailing Tourism
2.1.3 Others
2.2 Global Marine Tourism Market Size by Type
2.2.1 Global Marine Tourism Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
2.2.2 Global Marine Tourism Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
2.2.3 Global Marine Tourism Market Size Forecasted by Type (2026-2031)
2.3 Global Marine Tourism Market Size by Regions
2.3.1 North America Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Europe Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Asia-Pacific Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.4 South America Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.5 Middle East and Africa Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
3 Marine Tourism Market by Application
3.1 Type Introduction
3.1.1 Passenger Tickets Service
3.1.2 Onboard and Other Service
3.2 Global Marine Tourism Market Size by Application
3.2.1 Global Marine Tourism Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
3.2.2 Global Marine Tourism Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
3.2.3 Global Marine Tourism Market Size Forecasted by Application (2026-2031)
3.3 Global Marine Tourism Market Size by Regions
3.3.1 North America Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.2 Europe Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.3 Asia-Pacific Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.4 South America Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
3.3.5 Middle East and Africa Marine Tourism Market Size Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
4 Global Market Dynamics
4.1 Marine Tourism Industry Trends
4.2 Marine Tourism Industry Drivers
4.3 Marine Tourism Industry Opportunities and Challenges
4.4 Marine Tourism Industry Restraints
5 Competitive Insights by Company
5.1 Global Top Players by Marine Tourism Revenue (2020-2025)
5.2 Global Marine Tourism Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
5.3 Global Marine Tourism Key Company Headquarters & Area Served
5.4 Global Marine Tourism Company, Product Type & Application
5.5 Global Marine Tourism Company Commercialization Time
5.6 Market Competitive Analysis
5.6.1 Global Marine Tourism Market CR5 and HHI
5.6.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Marine Tourism Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
5.6.3 2024 Marine Tourism Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
6 Company Profiles
6.1 Carnival Corporation
6.1.1 Carnival Corporation Comapny Information
6.1.2 Carnival Corporation Business Overview
6.1.3 Carnival Corporation Marine Tourism Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Carnival Corporation Marine Tourism Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Carnival Corporation Recent Developments
6.2 Royal Caribbean
6.2.1 Royal Caribbean Comapny Information
6.2.2 Royal Caribbean Business Overview
6.2.3 Royal Caribbean Marine Tourism Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Royal Caribbean Marine Tourism Product Portfolio
6.2.5 Royal Caribbean Recent Developments
6.3 Norwegian Cruise Lines
6.3.1 Norwegian Cruise Lines Comapny Information
6.3.2 Norwegian Cruise Lines Business Overview
6.3.3 Norwegian Cruise Lines Marine Tourism Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Norwegian Cruise Lines Marine Tourism Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Norwegian Cruise Lines Recent Developments
6.4 MSC Cruises
6.4.1 MSC Cruises Comapny Information
6.4.2 MSC Cruises Business Overview
6.4.3 MSC Cruises Marine Tourism Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 MSC Cruises Marine Tourism Product Portfolio
6.4.5 MSC Cruises Recent Developments
6.5 Genting Hong Kong
6.5.1 Genting Hong Kong Comapny Information
6.5.2 Genting Hong Kong Business Overview
6.5.3 Genting Hong Kong Marine Tourism Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Genting Hong Kong Marine Tourism Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Genting Hong Kong Recent Developments
6.6 Disney Cruise
6.6.1 Disney Cruise Comapny Information
6.6.2 Disney Cruise Business Overview
6.6.3 Disney Cruise Marine Tourism Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Disney Cruise Marine Tourism Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Disney Cruise Recent Developments
6.7 Silversea Cruises (Royal)
6.7.1 Silversea Cruises (Royal) Comapny Information
6.7.2 Silversea Cruises (Royal) Business Overview
6.7.3 Silversea Cruises (Royal) Marine Tourism Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 Silversea Cruises (Royal) Marine Tourism Product Portfolio
6.7.5 Silversea Cruises (Royal) Recent Developments
6.8 Dream Yacht Charter
6.8.1 Dream Yacht Charter Comapny Information
6.8.2 Dream Yacht Charter Business Overview
6.8.3 Dream Yacht Charter Marine Tourism Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Dream Yacht Charter Marine Tourism Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Dream Yacht Charter Recent Developments
7 North America
7.1 North America Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2 North America Marine Tourism Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.3 North America Marine Tourism Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe
8.1 Europe Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2 Europe Marine Tourism Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.3 Europe Marine Tourism Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific
9.1 Asia-Pacific Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2 Asia-Pacific Marine Tourism Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.3 Asia-Pacific Marine Tourism Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America
10.1 South America Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2 South America Marine Tourism Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.3 South America Marine Tourism Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East & Africa
11.1 Middle East & Africa Marine Tourism Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2 Middle East & Africa Marine Tourism Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.3 Middle East & Africa Marine Tourism Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Concluding Insights
13 Appendix
13.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
13.2 Research Methodology
13.3 Research Process
13.4 Authors List of This Report
13.5 Data Source
13.5.1 Secondary Sources
13.5.2 Primary Sources

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