04749nam 2200637Ia 450 991044633510332120200520144314.01-280-73622-497866107362251-84593-049-5(CKB)1000000000337509(EBL)289677(OCoLC)228145071(SSID)ssj0000133079(PQKBManifestationID)11132081(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133079(PQKBWorkID)10046513(PQKB)11095306(MiAaPQ)EBC289677(Au-PeEL)EBL289677(CaPaEBR)ebr10157920(CaONFJC)MIL73622(EXLCZ)99100000000033750920051026d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCruise ship tourism /edited by Ross K. Dowling1st ed.Wallingford CABI20061 online resource (463 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84593-048-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1 The Cruising Industry; 2 A Geographical Overview of the World Cruise Market and its Seasonal Complementarities; 3 The Cruise Industry: An Industrial Organization Perspective; 4 Cruise Tourism and Organizational Culture: The Case for Occupational Communities; 5 Cruise Sector Policy in a Tourism-dependent Island Destination: The Case of Bermuda; PART II: DEMAND: CRUISE PASSENGERS AND MARKETING; 6 What Drives Cruise Passengers' Perceptions of Value?; 7 Cruising and the North American Market8 When One Size Doesn't Fit All9 Ways of Seeing the Caribbean Cruise Product: A British Perspective; 10 The Impact of Interpretation on Passengers of Expedition Cruises; 11 Cruise Guide Star-rating Systems: A Need for Standardization; 12 Sixteen Ways of Looking at an Ocean Cruise: A Cultural Studies Approach; PART III: SUPPLY: CRUISE DESTINATIONS AND PRODUCTS; 13 Spatial and Evolutionary Characteristics of Baltic Sea Cruising: A Historic-geographical Overview; 14 The Alaska Cruise Industry; 15 The Cruise Industry and Atlantic Canada: A Case Study16 The Changing Geography of Cruise Tourism in the Caribbean17 Paradise and other Ports of Call: Cruising in the Pacific Islands; 18 The Antarctic Cruise Industry; 19 Round-the-world Cruising: A Geography Created by Geography?; 20 The Norwegian Coastal Express: Moving Towards Cruise Tourism?; 21 The Structure and Operation of Coastal Cruising: Australian Case Studies; 22 Adventure Cruising: An Ethnography of Small Ship Travel; 23 Off the Beaten Track: A Case Study of Expedition Cruise Ships in South-west Tasmania, Australia; PART IV: INTERACTIONS: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS24 Turning Water into Money: The Economics of the Cruise Industry25 Cruising North to Alaska: The New 'Gold Rush'; 26 The Sources and Magnitude of the Economic Impact on a Local Economy from Cruise Activities: Evidence from Port Canaveral, Florida; 27 Florida's Day Cruise Industry: A Significant Contributor to Florida's Economy?; 28 Cruise Tourism in the Eastern Caribbean: An Anachronism in the Post-colonial Era?; 29 Fantasy and Reality: Tourist and Local Experiences of Cruise Ship Tourism in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico30 A Shifting Tide: Environmental Challenges and Cruise Industry Responses31 Environmental Policy Challenges for the Cruise Industry: Case Studies from Australia and the USA; 32 Cozumel: The Challenges of Cruise Tourism; PART V: INDUSTRY ISSUES; 33 Cruise Ships in the UK and North European Market: Development Opportunity or Illusion for UK Ports?; 34 Troubled Seas: Social Activism and the Cruise Industry; 35 The Disneyization of Cruise Travel; 36 Cruise Tourism: A Paradigmatic Case of Globalization?; 37 Cruises, Supranationalism and Border Complexities38 Looking Ahead: The Future of CruisingThis book explores the theory, issues, impacts and management considerations surrounding the growing industry of cruise tourism. It begins by giving an overview of the cruise industry, followed by chapters focusing on the increasing demand for cruising.Cruise linesOcean travelCruise lines.Ocean travel.387.542Dowling Ross Kingston733606MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910446335103321Cruise ship tourism1968644UNINA