This chapter, which is based on a study conducted from December 2003 to March 2004 during the cruise season in Adelaide (South Australia), investigates passenger expectations, activities, spending and satisfaction levels while in a port that is a relatively new cruise destination. The implications...

This chapter (i) describes the unique characteristics of Bermuda's cruise line industry and cruise sector policy; (ii) examines how this policy has evolved; and (iii) and discusses some of the factors that have driven, and continue to drive, this policy. The chapter highlights the community...

This chapter suggests that the cruise industry inevitably affects the marine environment and requires some form of regulation to guide its activities and procedures. It examines the debate over industry self-regulation and voluntary guidelines versus command-and-control regulation. Using two case...

This chapter analyses the cruise sector from an industrial organization perspective. The second section of the chapter deals with the nature of cruise economics, focusing on issues of scale and scope. It provides a rationale for pursuing large company size in the industry. The third section...

Focusing on the case of Port Canaveral in Florida, USA, this chapter explores the nature and sources of the impact from cruises on a port's local and regional economy. It is concluded that the cruise industry's actual benefits to a port's regional economy are much lower than the perceived impact,...

This chapter presents a case study of planning and management of expedition cruise ships to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. It is argued that scoped research on environmental impacts should play a pivotal role in determining whether expedition cruise ships should be granted permits to ...

This chapter examines the structure, operation and future potential of coastal cruising activities. The chapter draws on a number of Australian examples to illustrate aspects of a framework of operational and activity structure, which has the capability of being applied in any coastal setting.

This chapter presents a case study of the cruise industry in the four Atlantic Provinces of Canada. A brief history of the region is provided as a background to aid the reader in better understanding the position of the Atlantic Provinces in the cruise industry.

This chapter examines the state of environmental practices in biosphere reserves in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia where sustainable practices have been proposed. In each case there is a review of the biosphere reserve structure followed by their current sustainable and ecotourism ...

Ecotourism policy development in New Zealand is investigated both in theory as well as in practice in relation to the government departments of conservation and tourism. It is concluded that the foundations for effective ecotourism in New Zealand are in place but that major problems are inherent in ...