Implications of generational change: European river cruises and the emerging Gen X market

Cooper, Donald; Holmes, Kirsten; Pforr, Christof; Shanka, Tekle

doi:10.1177/1356766718814088

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“…Published research into Australian cruising is limited, and none address consumers' perceptions of cruise travel risk. Recent works explore aspects related to sector performance (Dowling 2016), cruising intentions (Cooper et al, 2019;Mahadevan, 2016) and community response to cruise tourism development (McCaughey et al, 2018). The limited published research on cruising in an Australian context was seen as a gap in the literature, providing another compelling reason for this study.…”

Section: Recent Cruising-related Australian Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19’s impact on the perceived risk of ocean cruising: A best-worst scaling study of Australian consumers

et al. 2022

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This paper investigates aspects of cruising of most concern to Australian consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic, following the shutdown of cruising globally. Using a mixed-method approach, the study asked cruisers and non-cruisers which of the risks associated with cruising were of most concern. The study found health was the most concerning risk for respondents, regardless of cruising history and, contrary to previous research, cruisers were more concerned about health risk than non-cruisers. Results indicated cruisers were also concerned about financial risk, while safety and psychological risk were the next most concerning aspects for non-cruisers. Implications for the cruise industry are discussed and areas for further research are identified. Findings suggest the industry cannot take for granted repeat cruisers’ return post-pandemic. As non-cruisers are much less positive and less willing to cruise than before COVID-19, the continued future growth of the cruise sector is also under threat.

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Section: Recent Cruising-related Australian Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19’s impact on the perceived risk of ocean cruising: A best-worst scaling study of Australian consumers

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“…Studies on river cruise tourism have focused on a limited number of topics, such as the future of cruising and its typologies (Dowling & Weeden, 2017), development issues (Van Balen et al, 2014), European river historical depiction (Erfurt-Cooper, 2009) and cruiser behaviors (Erdeji & Dragin, 2017;Cooper et al, 2019). There is limited research on river cruise shipping, especially river cruise network analysis which displays geographical data and network and destination properties.…”

Section: Studies On Cruise Shippingmentioning

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Analysis of the river cruise network in Southeast Asia: A complex network approach

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Wuttipan

et al. 2023

Marit. Technol. Res.

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River cruise shipping is a tourism sectors which tends to have rapid growth. This study analyzes the structural properties and connectivity of the river cruise network and cruise ports by using complex network analysis. By analyzing 257 river cruise voyages operated by 5 cruise lines in Southeast Asia, this study shows that the network consists of 31 cruise ports, connected by 94 cruise routes. A small number of ports play a central role in connecting to other ports in the network. The network has a short average path length and a low clustering coefficient. Siem Reap, Koh Chen, Ho Chi Minh City, Halong Bay, and Thanh Pho Ninh Binh are hubs with high connectivity. Siem Reap also plays an intermediary role, and has high reachability with other ports in the network, with the highest betweenness and closeness centralities. The findings of this study are useful for cruise lines and cruise port authorities for improvement of their operations and service network. Highlights Empirical analysis has allowed understand the structural properties of the river cruise network and ports A complex network analysis approach is applied to analyse the river cruise network River cruise ports play different roles based on centrality measures

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“…Another research aspect that requires further investigation is generational change, wherein a generation replaces a prior generation (Cooper et al, 2018). The global shift in population age distribution does indeed motivate the need to study another generation (Duxbury and Ormsbee, 2020;Thangavel et al, 2019).…”

Section: Rethink Of Future Researchmentioning

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Are they all the same? A rethink of young consumers through the lens of generation theories BackgroundDespite extant literature on young consumers and their characteristics, much remains to be done to explore and explain young consumers' behaviour through the lens of generation, particularly with theoretical grounding and practical insights. Young consumers and their lifestyles evolve more rapidly today because of the dynamic environment they live in. Hence, their behaviours are more complex and unpredictable than young people in the past and older generations (Kasser and Kanner, 2004;Pyšnõ akov a and Miles, 2010;Vandegrift, 2015). Prior research has also shown that cataclysmic events create distinct values and behavioural patterns among individuals in different time periods (Howe and Strauss, 2000;Rogler, 2002;Ting et al., 2018). These major external events, also known as defining moments, develop and define generational cohorts. Hence, the study of the young generation is not only about identifying their behaviours at a point of time but also about gaining more insights into their changing behaviours in relation to social contexts.Generation theories, such as the generational cohort theory, posit that a group of individuals who experience the same cataclysmic events (e.g. political, economic and social events) during late adolescence and early adulthood will develop a similar set of characteristics (Inglehart, 1997;Meredith and Schewe, 1994;Ting et al., 2018). As such, this concept acknowledges the role of collective experiences (and memories) acquired during individuals' formative years. Subsequently, their attachment to external events when they come of age creates cohesiveness in beliefs, values and behaviours, which distinguishes one cohort from another (Rogler, 2002). Notably, the impact of such events on individuals is found to remain relatively stable throughout their lives regardless of age and life cycle stage (Inglehart, 1997;Lowe et al., 2020).Given the magnitude of external events and social changes that have transpired over the past two decades, there is a dire need to revisit young consumers' behaviour through the lens of generation theories in the contemporary context. Millennials, who are now in their adulthood, were raised in an era of remarkable socio-economic, cultural and technological change, which makes them different from other generations (Schewe and Noble, 2000). Thus, they display behaviours which are seen as disruptive (Moschis, 2007), impulsive (Grousiou et al., 2015) and vulnerable (Brennan, et al., 2017). This rings truer for youth born between the late 1990s and the early-mid 2000s. Moreover, the adoption of generational labels from Western sources (e.g. baby boomers, Generation X and Generation Y) in different settings has long been criticised for its lack of theoretical bases (de Run and Ting, 2013;Strauss and Howe, 1991). Notwithstanding the convenience it offers in determining specific population segments as research samples, the overestimation of similarities among generation...

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Implications of generational change: European river cruises and the emerging Gen X market

Cited by 16 publications

References 40 publications

COVID-19’s impact on the perceived risk of ocean cruising: A best-worst scaling study of Australian consumers

COVID-19’s impact on the perceived risk of ocean cruising: A best-worst scaling study of Australian consumers

Analysis of the river cruise network in Southeast Asia: A complex network approach

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