Table 2 Results of descriptive...

Table 2

Results of descriptive statistics

Characteristics	Categories	2021 (N = 1540)		2022 (N = 1641)
Characteristics	Categories	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)
1. Have you ever taken a cruise before? If yes, how many times in the past five years?	None	864	56.1	994	60.6
	1 time	290	18.8	295	18.0
	2 times	141	9.2	158	83.0
	3 times	101	6.6	83	5.1
	4 times and above	144	9.4	111	6.8
2. Are you willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine?	Yes	1238	80.4	1284	78.2
2. Are you willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine?	No	302	19.6	357	21.8
3. What is your most preferred cruise travel season?	Spring	400	26.0	609	37.1
	Summer	666	43.2	584	35.6
	Fall	298	19.4	263	16.0
	Winter	176	11.4	185	11.3
4. What is your most preferred cruise duration?	2	102	6.6	139	8.5
	3	81	5.3	87	5.3
	4	93	6.0	105	6.4
	5	251	16.3	253	15.4
	6	57	3.7	57	3.5
	7	670	43.5	703	42.8
	8	43	2.8	51	3.1
	9	17	1.1	16	1.0
	10 days and above	226	14.7	230	14.0
5. Gender	Male	745	48.4	809	49.3
5. Gender	Female	795	51.6	832	50.7
6. Races	White	1187	77.1	1255	76.5
	Black or African American	152	9.9	143	8.7
	American Indian or Alaska Native	77	5.0	95	5.8
	Asian	85	5.5	110	6.7
	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	2	0.1	2	0.1
	Other	37	2.4	36	2.2
7. Annual income	US 49,999 or less	590	38.3	757	46.1
	US 50,000–79,999	419	27.2	412	25.1
	US 80,000–109,999	203	13.2	197	12.0
	US 110,000–139,999	132	8.6	105	6.4
	US 140,000–169,999	96	6.2	70	4.3
	US 170,000–199,999	45	2.9	53	3.2
	US 200,000 or above	55	3.6	47	2.9

Characteristics	Categories	2021 (N = 1540)		2022 (N = 1641)
Characteristics	Categories	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)	Frequency (N)	Percentage (%)
1. Have you ever taken a cruise before? If yes, how many times in the past five years?	None	864	56.1	994	60.6
	1 time	290	18.8	295	18.0
	2 times	141	9.2	158	83.0
	3 times	101	6.6	83	5.1
	4 times and above	144	9.4	111	6.8
2. Are you willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine?	Yes	1238	80.4	1284	78.2
2. Are you willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine?	No	302	19.6	357	21.8
3. What is your most preferred cruise travel season?	Spring	400	26.0	609	37.1
	Summer	666	43.2	584	35.6
	Fall	298	19.4	263	16.0
	Winter	176	11.4	185	11.3
4. What is your most preferred cruise duration?	2	102	6.6	139	8.5
	3	81	5.3	87	5.3
	4	93	6.0	105	6.4
	5	251	16.3	253	15.4
	6	57	3.7	57	3.5
	7	670	43.5	703	42.8
	8	43	2.8	51	3.1
	9	17	1.1	16	1.0
	10 days and above	226	14.7	230	14.0
5. Gender	Male	745	48.4	809	49.3
5. Gender	Female	795	51.6	832	50.7
6. Races	White	1187	77.1	1255	76.5
	Black or African American	152	9.9	143	8.7
	American Indian or Alaska Native	77	5.0	95	5.8
	Asian	85	5.5	110	6.7
	Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	2	0.1	2	0.1
	Other	37	2.4	36	2.2
7. Annual income	US 49,999 or less	590	38.3	757	46.1
	US 50,000–79,999	419	27.2	412	25.1
	US 80,000–109,999	203	13.2	197	12.0
	US 110,000–139,999	132	8.6	105	6.4
	US 140,000–169,999	96	6.2	70	4.3
	US 170,000–199,999	45	2.9	53	3.2
	US 200,000 or above	55	3.6	47	2.9

Source(s): Table by authors

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