Cruise tourism and tourism routes directed to the natural and cultural landscape areas of the region constitute the paradigm of this study, which is considered as an alternative tourism type in the Black Sea basin. With this paradigm developed for international port cities that have coasts on the...

Water resources play a critical role in the sustainable development of river-based tourism. Reduced stream flow on the Lijiang River, south China, may negatively impact the development of cruise tourism. We explored the effects of stream flow changes on cruise tourism by determining (1) cruise...

The impact of cruise tourism on key stakeholders determines further development of the cruise industry on a destination, imposing an obligation to systematically and continuously monitor stakeholders' perceptions and attitudes. During 2019, primary research was conducted to examine two keys...

Cruise arrivals in the Arctic often take place in small coastal communities. Although there may be economic benefits for these communities, these are often counterbalanced by social and environmental stresses. In this article, the researchers ask how the researchers can tend to Arctic cruise...

China has grown rapidly to be Asian maximum cruise economic market (Green Book of Cruise Industry, 2018). To facilitate cruise economic growth and harmonious coexistence with ecological environment, this paper proposes a new perspective of the ecological efficiency and computes carbon footprint of...

Tourism impacts the quality of life of host community residents in myriad ways. Most research seeking to understand those impacts has either focused on tourism in general or a single specific type of tourism. Little is understood about how residents attribute perceived impacts to different forms of ...

Cruise tourism represents the segment of the international tourism market that has experienced the greatest growth in recent decades. This reality has led the Public Administrations to classify it as a key product. This study aims to analyze territorial competitiveness in cruise tourism in ports...

Cruise tourism in China brings many tourism benefits to the local area. However, the cruise tourism market is facing a slowdown in growth. Based on the current situation of the cruise tourism market in China, this paper uses the PEST embedded SWOT analysis method to analyze the Chinese cruise...

Based on the support of governmental policies and the rapid growth of China's economic development, residents' living standards, and tourism consumption demand, cruise tourism has continuously developed and its service level has gradually improved, which have become the main driving forces for the...