This meant that foreigners had to adapt to American culture...a concept we readily and arrogantly accepted. Today Brazil has a wealthy middle class with more discretionary income than the US middle class.
Because of this, South American routes are 90% foreign tourists - in the case of the cruise I am speaking on...Brazilians.
This creates a problem for American cruise lines that are now forced to cater to Brazilians to attract and retain their vacation spending power. Americans are angered when they find themselves in the awkward position of adapting to an alien society on vacation...ironically something they thought nothing of forcing expatriates and foreign tourists to do over prior decades.
This creates an opportunity for language and foreign culture speakers as the cruise lines seek low cost ways to integrate the now minority participation aboard cruise ships into all the fun given in a non-English language. Word of warning though. This is the big boys sand box where you have to be tight on your language and culture game or you won't be invited back.
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The photo is from my BALCONY! I was upgraded last night by surprise to a Junior Suite moving from the 3rd to the 8th floor! I'm aboard Royal Caribbean International's Splendour of the Seas on the northern Brazilian coast on Day 9 of my 16 day cruise!
-Doc Brown
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