Cruise Tourism: Emerging Issues and Implications for a Maturing Industry

Weeden, Clare; Lester, Jo-Anne; Thyne, Maree

doi:10.1375/jhtm.18.1.26

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“…Ramoa & Flores, 2015;Weeden, Lester, & Thyne, 2011), however, this is not reflected in the number of scientific papers found in this research, which identified 925 journals indexed in the Scopus database mentioning this subject, which corresponds to only 0.5% of the number of publications related to the dimension of tourism.…”

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The convergence of environmental sustainability and ocean cruises in two moments: in the academic research and corporate communication

Ramoa

Flores

Stecker

2018

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Concerns for world peace, freedom, and the future of people and the planet have led to several United Nations Conferences, generating discussions on global sustainable development. These efforts resulted in the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The proposed Goal 14 reflects the concern for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans, seas, and marine resources. In this context, the research objects of this study are ocean cruise ships and the main dimension surveyed is environmental sustainability. Firstly, the study sought to identify through the convergence of the dimensions of sustainability and cruises the contributions to the cruise industry that promote the SDGs. To this end, we carried out a bibliometric analysis of scientific production on cruise ship environment, narrowing the research focus on environmentally sustainable practices. The second research objective is to examine cruise companies’ strategic inclination to provide information on environmental initiatives to the market. The results show little scientific research focused on the convergence of the two topics studied, environmental sustainability and cruises. Only 12 scientific articles were identified. Regarding the information on environmentally sustainable practices, the findings show that only 22.6% of the 31 cruise companies surveyed provide this information on their corporate websites.

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The convergence of environmental sustainability and ocean cruises in two moments: in the academic research and corporate communication

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Flores

Stecker

2018

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“…The results revealed that, when deciding on a cruise vacation, the majority of travellers place greater importance on the onboard attributes than on the onshore attributes. This supports the recent development by the cruise industry of new ships that are self-contained destinations, and of marketing campaigns that position the cruise ship as the focal point of cruise vacations, with cruise destinations being of secondary importance (Weaver, 2005c;Weeden et al, 2011;Wood, 2000). Although onboard attributes were of greater importance overall to many participants, this was not true for all.…”

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“…Speculation as to whether the ship is becoming the primary destination has surfaced in the literature, with ports of call becoming secondary destinations to the ship itself (Jones, 2011;Teye & Paris, 2011;Weaver, 2005c;Weeden et al, 2011;Wood, 2000). There has, however, been no attempt to investigate the relative importance of the ship compared to the destinations in the decision-making process of cruise travellers.…”

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“…Of the top six regions, only the Mediterranean has managed to increase its market share, as traditionally dominant markets have been faced with strong competition from emerging markets (Weeden, Lester, & Thyne, 2011 The industry retained current customers and attracts new passengers by rapidly adapting and providing new destinations, ship designs, onboard and onshore activities, themes, and segment lengths to cater for demand. Thus, modern cruise ships have become a combination of a "…floating resort hotel, sightseeing vessel, gourmet restaurant, food court, nightclub, shopping centre, entertainment complex, and recreation facility…" (Kwortnik, 2008, p. 293), representing all sectors of tourism, including transportation, accommodation, food and beverage, attractions, and tour operators (Brida & Zapata, 2010).…”

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Cruise tourists’ perceptions of destination: Exploring push and pull motivational factors in the decision to take a cruise vacation

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Cruise tourism is an increasingly popular and profitable industry that has been experiencing growth rates since the 1980s that are greater than the travel industry as a whole. Despite this growth, research about cruise tourism remains relatively underrepresented in the academic literature, with limited research into the motivational factors that influence the decision to take a cruise vacation. This research explores the motivational factors that influence the decisions of tourists to take a cruise vacation by using the push-pull framework. Push factors are the internal psychological motives that drive the need or desire to travel (Crompton, 1979) while pull factors are the specific attributes of the cruise destination (onboard and onshore) that draw tourists towards a specific cruise line, ship, or destination.Research was conducted using a mixed-methods approach in a three-stage sequential design. In the first stage of research, one-on-one interviews (20 participants) were conducted to explore participants' personal constructs of destination image in the context of cruise vacations. RepertoryGrid Analysis and open-ended questions were used to identify the onboard and onshore attributes that travellers use to compare and differentiate between cruise vacations. The responses were presented from the cruise travellers' point of view, representing personally relevant criteria that are used in the decision-making process (Coshall, 2000;Hankinson, 2004;Young, 1995).These results were then used to create a new measurement scale for cruise destination attributes that accounts for the unique aspects of cruising and that allows researchers to separately measure the importance of both onboard and onshore attributes.In the second stage, online surveys (344 participants) were conducted to refine the list of attributes elicited from Stage 1 to a quantity that is suitable for inclusion in a quantitative survey instrument in Stage 3. The online survey also tests the ability of the instrument to determine the relative importance of onboard and onshore attributes in tourists' choice of a specific cruise.The refined cruise destination attribute scale in the Stage 3 online study (503 participants) permitted, for the first time, an effective measurement of the relative importance of onboard and onshore attributes in tourist choices of a specific cruises. The results revealed that, when deciding on a cruise vacation, the majority of travellers place greater importance on the onboard attributes than on the onshore attributes. This supports the recent development by the cruise industry of new ships that are self-contained destinations, and of marketing campaigns that position the cruise ship as the focal point of cruise vacations, with cruise destinations being of secondary importance (Weaver, 2005c;Weeden et al., 2011;Wood, 2000). Although onboard attributes were of greater importance overall to many participants, this was not true for all. Further analysis identified three distinct groups: firstly, the onboard preference gro...

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“…Cruise tourism is increasingly recognized as a successful and dynamic subsector of the global tourism industry (Weeden, Lester, & Thyne, 2011). Although the sector is now considered to be approaching "maturity" in Australasia, its ongoing expansion nonetheless represents a potentially lucrative form of tourism for destination communities across a range of locations.…”

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Making Waves: Examining the Interface Between Cruise Tourism and Destination Community in Akaroa, New Zealand

Wilson

Shone²,

Simmons³

et al. 2015

Tourism in Marine Environments

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This article reports on a study of community attitudes to cruise tourism in Akaroa, New Zealand. An important dimension of this study is the significant rate of growth in cruise arrivals over a short period of time as the result of the 2010/11 Canterbury earthquakes. Data were collected via a postal survey of the Akaroa community, and yielded a response rate of 56.6% (n = 316). The results indicate that despite the recent growth in arrivals, the Akaroa community holds a largely favorable opinion of cruise tourism. Importantly, the impacts identified by respondents were more closely aligned to threats to their identity as a destination, rather than problems with tourism, per se.

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Cruise Tourism: Emerging Issues and Implications for a Maturing Industry

Cited by 68 publications

References 9 publications

The convergence of environmental sustainability and ocean cruises in two moments: in the academic research and corporate communication

The convergence of environmental sustainability and ocean cruises in two moments: in the academic research and corporate communication

Cruise tourists’ perceptions of destination: Exploring push and pull motivational factors in the decision to take a cruise vacation

Making Waves: Examining the Interface Between Cruise Tourism and Destination Community in Akaroa, New Zealand

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