in 2014 even as concerns about the fund began to circulate. the long way in the preserve of wealthy american retirees seeking to see the world after a lifetime of work but the average cruise passenger is looking quite different these days chinese tourists are increasingly taking to the seas creating a growing market for cruise ships and the industry is responding. welcome aboard the spectrum of the seas one of a generation of new cruise liners built specifically for the asian market gone of the formal dinner dances of bingo halls perhaps associated with the traditional cruise traveler they've been replaced with robotic bartenders and other top end tech it's all in an attempt to appeal to a growing market china the u.s. remains by far the biggest source of seafaring tourists in the world there were 13100000 of them last year but now in 2nd place sits china where