Cruise passengers' experience embarking in a Caribbean home port. The case study of Cartagena de Indias

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-145

  Brida, Juan Gabriel ^a   Pulina, Manuela ^b   Riaño, Eugenia ^a,c   Zapata Aguirre, Sandra ^a,d  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d Escuela de Turismo Colegio Mayor de Antioquia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOMBIA; CRUISE PASSENGERS; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ECONOMY; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS; PRIVATE SECTORS; SHORT PERIODS; SOUTH AMERICA; SURVEY DATA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

ECONOMICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRUISE REPORT; DATA SET; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATION; EXPENDITURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MARKETING; PERCEPTION; POLICY APPROACH; PORT; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

BOLIVAR [COLOMBIA]; CARIBBEAN COAST [COLOMBIA]; CARTAGENA [BOLIVAR]; COLOMBIA;

EID: 84455206205     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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