Cruise Passengers’ Intention and Sustainable Management of Cruise Destinations

The impacts of the cruise industry on tourism destinations

In this paper we describe the evolution of the cruise tourism industry and we analyze different impacts on tourism destinations of this segment of the travel industry. The study includes the discussion of economic, social, environmental, cultural and political effects. We present data to analyze and compare the performance of the main cruise destinations and cruise lines. Analysis and data are ...

Significant injury in cruise ship passengers a case series.

BACKGROUND The attention placed on cruise ship infectious epidemics has helped create important preventive strategies in improving food handling, sanitation, and overall cruise ship medical care. However, the incidence of serious injury in cruise ship passengers has never been fully described. In 2006, there was an increase in the number of cruise ship passengers receiving medical care at a Lev...

Onshore catering increases the risk of diarrhoeal illness amongst cruise ship passengers.

Of 134 Queensland passengers on a cruise, 91 (67.9%) people reported various illnesses including 41 (30.6%) who reported diarrhoeal symptoms. Queensland passengers who ate while onshore at non-Australian ports were significantly more at risk of developing diarrhoeal symptoms than those who did not. Passengers were particularly at risk when they ate onshore while undertaking a tour compared with...

Cruise Tourism in Belize:

An Agent-Based DSS Supporting the Logistics of Cruise Passengers Arrivals

The arrival of cruises in a city represents an unmissable opportunity for the city economy to increment its tourist market penetration. Nevertheless, the management of an unforeseen number of passengers that need to visit the city in short time may have a negative impact on the city, so reducing the expected benefits. This is mainly due to the difficult in taking the right decisions when organi...