Miami is the world’s busiest cruise passenger port in the world, handling some four million passengers a year. Mobile, on the other hand, is much smaller, with an annual estimate of 170,000 cruisers.
The terminal buildings, even in PortMiami, are very basic in comparison to an airport terminal, offering very few facilities other than vending machines and restrooms – certainly no Duty Free offering.
In terms of demographics, the passengers were 95% American, with some Europeans, Canadians and Asians.
There was a broad spectrum of ages, from Millennials, Generation Xers and Baby Boomers. Some young couples, lots of young families, older couples and groups of friends.
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Similar to the American ports, at Tokyo there is no Duty Free store.
Passengers were mainly of Asian nationalities (Japanese and Chinese) of which there were 2-3 large accompanied tour groups.
There was a small amount of European nationalities – mostly Italian.
The age group was mainly in the 50-70's range.
Likewise, the passengers at Shanghai were almost all Chinese, with an estimated 10 Westerners out of a total passenger compliment of 4800.
Once past immigration there was a China Duty Free.
