Government and business community attitudes towards cruise tourism development

Abstract

This study analyses government and business community attitudes towards cruise tourism impacts and its future development. An empirical study was conducted in Dubrovnik on a sample of 105 leaders in tourism-related organisations developing, validating and using the the Cruise Tourism Impacts scale. Research findings reveal a moderately positive attitude towards the cruise tourism impacts and the desired shift in future development priorities. Promotion, revenues and employment generation are the most pronounced positive impacts and cruise tourism influence on land-based guests the most pronounced negative one. Only sex and workplace are found to be discriminators of cruise tourism impacts perceptions. Implications for destination management and suggestions for future studies are provided.

Attitudes of the Local Population and Business Stakeholders on the Impact of Cruise Tourism on Destination

“…Furthermore, several stakeholders had a considerable increase in the range of activities, depending on the function of the individual stakeholder in the value chain of supplied services and products, business specifi city, and development perspective in the port of Split. However, the attitudes of business stakeholders are mostly skeptical because, according to the criteria of [18], they cite a modest increase in income and the creation of a minimum number of new jobs. They are also suspicious about the perception of the local population towards the cruise tourism in Split, thus expressing distrust of their partners, which according to [11], disables the main precondition for joint action.…”

“…All entities are obligated to adjust their businesses and operate as partners, including cluster creation, in order to enhance positive and reduce negative consequences [5]. Pivcevic et al [18] believe that promotion, revenue, and job creation are the most pronounced positive impacts of cruise tourism, and the impact on stationary tourists is the most negative one. Linking the sustainable development paradigm to the cruise activity can provide a solution to the challenges that the industry is facing [1].…”