Table 4-8:  Top 15 Cruise Ship Ports by Port of Departure: 2005 and 2006,,,,,,
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,Rank in 2006,2005,,2006,,
Port,,Passengers (thousands),Cruises,Passengers (thousands),Cruises,
"Miami, FL",1,"1,771",656,"1,890",705,
"Port Canaveral, FL",2,"1,234",(R) 455,"1,396",525,
"Fort Lauderdale, FL",3,"1,199",618,"1,145",534,
"Galveston, TX",4,531,222,617,248,
"Los Angeles, CA",5,615,(R) 263,583,245,
"San Juan, PR",6,581,264,555,230,
"New York, NY",7,370,171,536,231,
"Tampa, FL",8,408,192,461,222,
"Seattle, WA",9,337,151,382,187,
"Long Beach, CA",10,363,(R) 150,380,157,
"Honolulu, HI",11,236,121,316,155,
"San Diego, CA",12,234,133,180,94,
"Jacksonville, FL",13,137,83,128,77,
"Cape Liberty, NJ",14,147,59,123,53,
"Whittier, AK",15,96,51,109,52,
All other ports,,941,543,645,404,
"Top 15 ports, total1",,"8,470","(R) 3,659","8,800","3,715",
Total U.S. ports,,"9,198","(R) 4,132","9,445","4,119",
Top 15 as percent of total1,,92.1,(R) 88.6,93.2,90.2,
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1Data for 2005 are based on the top 15 cruise ship ports in that year.,,,,,,
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KEY: R = revised,,,,,,
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NOTES: Cruise passenger statistics for this table are based on the passenger data provided by eighteen major cruise lines that offered North American cruises with a U.S. port of call in 2006. Details may not add to totals due to rounding.,,,,,,
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"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, Cruise Passenger Statistics, available at http://www.marad.dot.gov/Marad_Statistics/index.html as of Nov. 21, 2007.",,,,,,