Money ‘Devastating impact’: Cruise industry says 254,000 American jobs, $32 billion in economic activity lost November 19, 2020Morgan Hines, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Devastating impact’: Cruise industry says 254,000 American jobs, $32 billion in economic activity lost Amid 2020's cruising shutdown, the industry estimates it will contribute less than half to the U.S. economy than it did in 2019.