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A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure trips, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way. Transportation is not the main purpose, as cruise ships operate mostly on routes that return passengers to their home port, so the ports of call are usually in a particular region of a continent. There are even "cruises to nowhere" or "trips to nowhere", where the ship makes round trips 2-3 hours without any ports of call.
By contrast, dedicated transport oriented ocean liners do "line outputs" and usually carry passengers from one point to another, rather than on round trips. Traditionally, a liner for the transoceanic trade will be built to a higher standard than a typical cruise, including high freeboard and stronger to withstand rough seas and adverse conditions encountered in the open ocean, as the North Atlantic plates. Transatlantic also tend to have larger capacity fuel, food and other supplies for consumption on long journeys, compared with dedicated cruise.
Although often luxurious, ocean liners had characteristics that made them suitable for crossing, as the high fuel consumption, swallow that prevented them from entering the ports shallow, closed waterproof covers that were not appropriate for the tropical climate, and cabins designed to maximize the number of passengers rather than comfort (such as a high proportion of suites windows). The gradual evolution of ship design transatlantic passenger cruise passenger cabins has been passed from inside the hull superstructure with private terraces. Modern cruise ships, while sacrificing the qualities of seaworthiness, have added amenities that cater to tourists Water and recent vessels have been described as "floating condo balcony-laden"Cruise passengers at the port of Tallinn Tallinn, Estonia - a popular tourist destination
The distinction between cruise liners and has blurred, particularly with regard to implementation. Differences in the construction remain. The largest cruise ships have also been involved in longer trips, overseas travel as they may not return to the same port for months (long round trips). Some former operate as cruise liners such as Marco Polo. This number is decreasing. The only dedicated transatlantic ocean liner in operation as a coating (to December 2013) is the Queen Mary 2 Cunard fleet. She also has the amenities of contemporary cruises and sees significant service on cruise ships.
Cruising has become an important part of the tourism industry, which represents US $ 29.4 billion with over 19 million passengers worldwide in 2011. The rapid growth of the industry has seen nine or more boats newly built catering to an American clientele added every year since 2001 and other European customer service. Smaller markets such as Asia-Pacific, are generally cleaned by older ships. These are displaced by new ships on the high growth areas.
Barco world's largest cruise ship is currently Royal Caribbean International's Allure of the Seas banging her sister ship (Oasis of the Seas) by 5 centimeters.