The British cruise market added a mere 1,000 passengers last year, which was well short of what the industry had anticipated, Travel Weekly reports in its daily email newsletter.

“The number of British cruise ship passengers fell short of industry forecasts by 19,000 last year although river cruises increased their popularity,” the report said.

 Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) said on Moinday that the number of British passengers who took an ocean cruise reached 1.701 million last year. However, the number of that opted a river cruise soared by 14% to 130,000, PSA stated.