Safety Issues, Security and Risk Management in Nautical Tourism

Abstract

The relatively new nautical market gave rise to a special kind of tourism. Nautical tourism as a system has the characteristics of a traffic system with all its peculiarities. Nautical tourism is steadily increasing. In countries nurturing this type of economic activity, nautical tourism has the characteristics of mass tourism. Nautical tourism is a complex system consisting of and using various forms of technical and technological processes. As such it is exposed to various risks. Therefore, this paper proposes a systematic approach to the development of safety measures in nautical tourism.

Understanding British and Danish sailing tourism markets: an analysis based on Kano's Evaluation Matrix

“…There is extant research related to sailing tourism that focuses on its sustainability aspects (Łapko et al, 2019;Trstenjak et al, 2020); challenges faced in its development (Silveira et al, 2018); safety and security (Kasum et al, 2018); smart communication (Benevolo & Spinelli, 2018); and contribution to local economies (Ivanić et al, 2018). There have also been studies that evaluated the constraints on nautical tourism (Jovanovic et al, 2013) and dimensions of yachting tourism experiences (Mikulić et al, 2015;Pipere et al, 2020).…”

“…From the theoretical perspective, this research contributes to understanding the emerging phenomenon of sailing tourism as well as the two important market segments. Previous studies mainly discussed the sustainability and safety aspects of sailing tourism (Kasum et al, 2018;Łapko et al, 2019), and very few investigated the satisfaction of sailing tourists. The inadequate research on this topic may pose obstacles to its future development.…”

Model of Forensic Hydrography

“…Hydrographic activity at a global level brings together knowledge about the sea and other water resources. The organized hydrographic activity contributes towards the valid collection of the most accurate information related to forensic hydrography (Kasum, Žanić Mikuličić, Kolić, 2018;Kasum, Gretić, Fredotović Božić, 2010;Žanić Mikuličić, Kasum, Jugović, 2017). Based on the systematic analysis performed in this paper, it can be concluded that the information (Fh (1), Fh (2),…,Fh (n)), presented in Table 1, constitutes the information set of forensic hydrography F.…”

“…Therefore, scientific studies of the sea, rivers, and lakes are considered important for humankind. As an applied science, hydrography is one of the sciences that deals with the exploration of the sea, rivers, and lakes (Kasum, Žanić Mikuličić, Kolić, 2018). According to the International Hydrographic Organization -IHO: 'hydrography is the branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as well as with the prediction of their change over time, for the primary purpose of safety of navigation and in support of all other marine activities, including economic development, security and defence, scientific research, and environmental protection.…”

“…The more accurate, reliable and relevant the information, the easier it is to make well-informed decisions and reduce the number of potentially harmful events. Thus, the role of hydrography can be noticed in reducing uncertainty and / or improving the accuracy of information relevant to different processes, for example in the maritime economy (Kasum, Žanić Mikuličić, Kolić, 2018). By utilising hydrographic procedures in the implementation of authorised hydrographic organisations, hydrography provides a sufficient information base in the information part of navigation safety in order to successfully carry out navigation and economic processes at sea and / or at the seabed (Kasum, Gretić, Fredotović Božić, 2010).…”