| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 441 pages) |
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CAB books |
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CAB books
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| Contents |
The cruising industry / Ross K. Dowling -- A geographical overview of the world cruise market and its seasonal complementarities / Jacques J. Charlier and Robert J. McCalla -- The cruise industry : an industrial organization perspective / Andreas Papatheodorou -- Cruise tourism and organizational culture : the case for occupational communities / Darren Lee-Ross -- Cruise sector policy in a tourism-dependent island destination : the case of Bermuda / Victor B. Teye -- What drives cruise passengers' perceptions of value? / James F. Petrick and Xiang Li (Robert) -- Cruising and the North American market / Allan R. Miller and William F. Grazer -- When one size doesn't fit all / Chris Fanning and Jane James -- Ways of seeing the Caribbean cruise product : a British perspective / Clare Weeden and Jo-Anne Lester -- The impact of interpretation on passengers of expedition cruises / Kaye Walker and Gianna Moscardo -- Cruise guide star-rating systems : a need for standardization / Reg A. Swain -- Sixteen ways of looking at an ocean cruise : a cultural studies approach / Arthur A. Berger -- Spatial and evolutionary characteristics of Baltic Sea cruising : a historic-geographical overview / Jan O. Lundgren -- The Alaska cruise industry / John M. Munro and Warren G. Gill -- The cruise industry and Atlantic Canada : a case study / Nancy Chesworth -- The changing geography of cruise tourism in the Caribbean / Paul F. Wilkinson -- Paradise and other ports of call : cruising in the Pacific Islands / Ngaire Douglas and Norman Douglas -- The Antarctic cruise industry / Thomas Bauer and Ross K. Dowling -- Round-the-world cruising : a geography created by geography? / Robert J. McCalla and Jacques J. Charlier -- The Norwegian Coastal Express : moving towards cruise tourism? / Ola Sletvold -- The structure and operation of coastal cruising : Australian case studies / Sacha Reid and Bruce Prideaux -- Adventure cruising : an ethnography of small ship travel / Valene L. Smith -- Off the beaten track : a case study of expedition cruise ships in South-west Tasmania, Australia / Claire Ellis and Lorne K. Kriwoken -- Turning water into money : the economics of the cruise industry / Ross A. Klein -- Cruising north to Alaska : the new "gold rush" / Greg Ringer -- The sources and magnitude of the economic impact on a local economy from cruise activities : evidence from Port Canaveral, Florida / Bradley M. Braun and Fred Tramell -- Florida's day cruise industry : a significant contributor to Florida's economy? / Lori Pennington-Gray -- Cruise tourism in the Eastern Caribbean : an anachronism in the post-colonial era? / Lydia M. Pulsipher and Lindsey C. Holderfield -- Fantasy and reality : tourist and local experiences of cruise ship tourism in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico / Lynnaire Sheridan and Gregory Teal -- A shifting tide : environmental challenges and cruise industry responses / James E.N. Sweeting and Scott L. Wayne -- Environmental policy challenges for the cruise industry : case studies from Australia and the USA / Suzanne Dobson and Alison Gill -- Cozumel : the challenges of cruise tourism / Helle Sorensen -- Cruise ships in the UK and North European market : development opportunity or illusion for UK ports? / Derek Robbins -- Troubled seas : social activism and the cruise industry / Ross A. Klein -- The Disneyization of cruise travel / Adam Weaver -- Cruise tourism : a paradigmatic case of globalization? / Robert E. Wood -- Cruises, supranationalism and border complexities / Dallen J. Timothy -- Looking ahead : the future of cruising / Ross K. Dowling |
| Summary |
Explores the theory, issues, impacts and management considerations surrounding the industry of cruise tourism. This book gives an overview of the cruise industry, and presents case-studies of specific countries, including Antarctica, the Caribbean and Alaska. It also reviews the economic, social and environmental impacts of cruise tourism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ocean travel.
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Cruise lines.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- Pictorial.
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Cruises.
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Demand.
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Destinations.
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Economic impact.
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Environmental impact.
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Social impact.
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Tourism.
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Tourism policy.
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Tourist industry.
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Cruise lines
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Ocean travel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dowling, Ross K
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| ISBN |
1845930495 |
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9781845930493 |
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9786610736225 |
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6610736227 |
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9781280736223 |
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1280736224 |
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