How does the cruise industry impact local communities?
The cruise industry has considerable direct and indirect economic impacts, both worldwide and to local communities. Local communities benefit from cruise tourists through jobs and new business development. Local governments generate tax revenues from cruise tourism and docking fees paid by cruise lines and passengers (Dowling 2006).
What is a threat on a cruise?
A threat refers to the idea that something demonstrates a crisis of jurisdictions and legitimacy is inevitable unless something else occurs or that invades all aspects of life on the cruise.
What are the challenges and strategic issues of the cruise industry?
Then the chapter reviews the key challenges and strategic issues of the cruise industry today: the geography of cruise shipping, market concentration, the presence of economies of scale, market segmentation, passengers source markets, and the cruise ports and the destinations that have developed an interest in advancing their cruise activities.
What are the trends in the cruise ship industry?
trends within the cruise ship industry—as it is one of the fastest growing—and unique, tourism sectors. The intersection of these relationships will be demonstrated by identifying impacts caused by tourists to destination communities and the communities’ reliance on tourists for maintaining and growing their economy.
Risks of Maritime Terrorism Attacks Against Cruise Ships