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Segment Information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2011
Selected Information for Cruise and Tour and Other Segments | Selected information for our Cruise and Tour and Other segments as of and for the years ended November 30 was as follows (in millions):
|  | Revenues |  |  | Operating expenses |  |  | Selling and administrative |  |  | Depreciation and amortization |  |  | Operating income (loss) |  |  | Capital expenditures |  |  | Total assets |
2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North America Cruise Brands |  | $ | 8,921 |  |  | $ | 5,848 |  |  | $ | 938 |  |  | $ | 869 |  |  | $ | 1,266 |  |  | $ | 1,232 |  |  | $ | 21,642 |
EAA Cruise Brands |  |  | 6,504 |  |  |  | 4,244 |  |  |  | 655 |  |  |  | 579 |  |  |  | 1,026 |  |  |  | 1,380 |  |  |  | 15,626 |
Cruise Support |  |  | 90 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | 31 |  |  |  | (47 | ) |  |  | 68 |  |  |  | 795 |
Tour and Other |  |  | 392 |  |  |  | 318 |  |  |  | 21 |  |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 574 | (b)
Intersegment elimination (a) |  |  | (114 | ) |  |  | (114 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
|  | $ | 15,793 |  |  | $ | 10,299 |  |  | $ | 1,717 |  |  | $ | 1,522 |  |  | $ | 2,255 |  |  | $ | 2,696 |  |  | $ | 38,637 |
2010 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North America Cruise Brands |  | $ | 8,379 |  |  | $ | 5,294 |  |  | $ | 902 |  |  | $ | 843 |  |  | $ | 1,340 |  |  | $ | 1,082 |  |  | $ | 21,239 |
EAA Cruise Brands |  |  | 5,730 |  |  |  | 3,572 |  |  |  | 584 |  |  |  | 505 |  |  |  | 1,069 |  |  |  | 2,260 |  |  |  | 14,849 |
Cruise Support |  |  | 79 |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  | 98 |  |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | (60 | ) |  |  | 218 |  |  |  | 802 |
Tour and Other |  |  | 403 |  |  |  | 334 |  |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 41 |  |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 600 | (b)
Intersegment elimination (a) |  |  | (122 | ) |  |  | (122 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
|  | $ | 14,469 |  |  | $ | 9,092 |  |  | $ | 1,614 |  |  | $ | 1,416 |  |  | $ | 2,347 |  |  | $ | 3,579 |  |  | $ | 37,490 |
2009 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North America Cruise Brands |  | $ | 7,815 |  |  | $ | 4,944 |  |  | $ | 896 |  |  | $ | 791 |  |  | $ | 1,184 |  |  | $ | 1,474 |  |  | $ | 21,073 |
EAA Cruise Brands |  |  | 5,280 |  |  |  | 3,215 |  |  |  | 573 |  |  |  | 458 |  |  |  | 1,034 |  |  |  | 1,823 |  |  |  | 14,659 |
Cruise Support |  |  | 78 |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | 25 |  |  |  | (48 | ) |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | 593 |
Tour and Other |  |  | 427 |  |  |  | 376 |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | (16 | ) |  |  | 25 |  |  |  | 510 | (b)
Intersegment elimination (a) |  |  | (140 | ) |  |  | (140 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
|  | $ | 13,460 |  |  | $ | 8,407 |  |  | $ | 1,590 |  |  | $ | 1,309 |  |  | $ | 2,154 |  |  | $ | 3,380 |  |  | $ | 36,835 |
(a) | A portion of Tour and Other segment revenues include revenues for the cruise portion of a tour, when a cruise is sold along with a land tour package by Holland America Princess Alaska Tours, and shore excursion and port hospitality services provided to cruise guests by this tour company. These intersegment revenues, which are included in full in the cruise brand segments, are eliminated directly against the Tour and Other segment revenues and operating expenses in the line “Intersegment elimination.”
(b) | Tour and Other segment assets primarily include hotels and lodges in the state of Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, motorcoaches used for sightseeing and charters, domed rail cars, which run on the Alaska Railroad, and our owned ships under long-term charter to an unaffiliated entity.
Revenue by Geographic Area, Based on Where Guests are Sourced | Revenues by geographic areas, which are based on where our guests are sourced and not the cruise brands on which they sailed, were as follows (in millions):
|  | Years Ended November 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
North America |  | $ | 7,835 |  |  | $ | 7,467 |  |  | $ | 7,085 |
Europe |  |  | 5,961 |  |  |  | 5,574 |  |  |  | 5,190 |
Australia and Asia |  |  | 1,528 |  |  |  | 1,063 |  |  |  | 790 |
Others |  |  | 469 |  |  |  | 365 |  |  |  | 395 |
|  | $ | 15,793 |  |  | $ | 14,469 |  |  | $ | 13,460 |

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