It is said by Rich Campbell, the president and chief executive of Atlantis Events, that the average age out of 2,000 passengers on one of the cruises was around 40.
It is said that LGBTQ cruises will become a bigger trend in the coming future as the homosexual marriage are legalized in many countries, such as Canada and the Netherlands and the United States of America.
However, LGBTQ-friendly destinations are common on LGBTQ cruises, which are called gay "hotspots", such as Mykonos or Ibiza in the Mediterranean Sea.
Major cultural capitals such as Barcelona or Rome may also be popular destinations due to their concentration of nightlife and dining.
Though the Caribbeans is a typical destination for most cruises, gay-friendly cities like the Dutch Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao) would be specifically preferred by LGBT travelers.
For example, the Caribbean government refused to allow LGBT cruises to land on their islands in the late 1990s, a ban which still exists to this day.
[11] In addition, some residents of ports may be unhappy when the LGBT travelers show physical affection in public.