Cruise tourism is a type of tourism which includes accommodation, dining and activities organized on ship-board as well as port excursions. One of the most important elements for tourists traveling with cruise ships are the port destinations they stop by. The tourists travelling with * This study was developed from PhD thesis named "Importance-Performance analysis of destination attributes in cruise tourism: The case of Kuşadası".
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