Caribbean cruise tourism: A business of transnational partnerships

doi:10.1016/0261-5177(90)90069-L

Tourism Management

Volume 11, Issue 4, December 1990, Pages 339-347

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Abstract

The cruise industry has grown dramatically during the 1980s to the extent that over four million North Americans will have opted for a cruise holiday in 1990. The Caribbean is perfectly placed to take advantage of this market but the governments concerned have not supported tourism development appropriate to the transnational cruise line operators. Cruise ship arrivals in the Caribbean are growing faster than stopover arrivals so it is vital that the various Caribbean governments cooperate with the transnational cruise line operators in planning and providing the necessary infrastructure to tempt the cruise ship arrivals to part with their dollars at the Caribbean destinations.

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Caribbean cruise tourism: A business of transnational partnerships

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