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原文传递 Looking Up

题名：	Looking Up
正文语种：	eng
作者：	Betsy Frawley Haggerty
摘要：	Despite a major hurricane that devastated southwest Florida, a flash drought that made parts of the Mississippi River unnavigable, a nationwide labor shortage that hit the marine industry hard and lingering Covid fears, 2022 was a good year for the passenger vessel industry. The Covid restrictions that just about shut down the industry in 2020 are gone. Social distancing and mask requirements that kept people away eased in 2021, and by the end of that year, things were looking good. They improved in 2022 with many companies operating at 80% to 90% capacity on sightseeing trips. Corporate charters - the real moneymakers - are gradually coming back. John Groundwater, executive director of the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA), is optimistic. "U.S. passenger vessel operators nationwide are generally reporting very positive business levels for 2022," he said. "Some have indicated that their 2022 business levels have exceeded 2019 levels. Many also report that corporate business is returning, but more slowly than public business."
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	Work Boat
卷：	80
期：	2
页码：	24-27