The German deep sea cruise market has surpassed the two million passenger mark for the first time in 2016, when it expanded by 11.3% to 2.02 million passengers, figures released by CLIA Deutschland show.

The turnover of the industry increased by 17.8% to €3.38 billion and the growth figures were the strongest since 2010 and the growth was driven by additional supply of berths. The average price of a cruise holiday the Germans booked rose by 6.0% to €1,675 and the average daily rate rose by 2.8% to €187.00.

Germans preferred slightly shorter cruises last year as the average duration fell to 8.69 nights from 8.94 in 2015, CLIA Deutschland said in a statement.