However, there is a significant proportion of the wider cruise industry which does not subscribe to CLIA's member body and which transports a considerable volume of passengers.
To date, the industry has partnered with the City of Dubrovnik,[5] Corfu and Heraklion to collaborate and identify best practices for long-term destination management to the benefit of residents and visitors alike.
[6] While it is unclear what level of support is delivered, CLIA is also a corporate sponsor of the Mercy Ship program.
[8] In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CLIA voluntarily suspended sailings out of US ports on 13 March 2020, one day before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a no-sail order.
Whilst CLIA had drafted a plan to hire a global rescue team to extract infected passengers, by 6 April this had not been realized and public health authorities had to intervene to evacuate critically ill people from ships.