RT Journal Article
T1 Key cooperation strategies between Spanish ports and tourist destinations: An exploratory analysis
A1 Martin Duque, Clara
A1 Romero Padilla, Yolanda
A1 Babinger, Frank
A1 Ruiz Guerra, Ignacio
AB In recent years, cruise tourism has attracted more researchers due to the significant growth of the activity. However, most research has focused on cruise ships and their products, leaving the role of ports in cruise tourism in the background.This research seeks to identify, analyse and categorise port-city strategies for cruise tourism from the point of view of the ports.Qualitative research has been carried out based on 8 semi-structured interviews with different representatives of Spanish ports and complemented by document analysis. The results indicate that great efforts and investments are being made by ports and destinations to promote and improve the offer in this sector. However, these investments are not accompanied by feasibility studies, so they could have problems to guarantee their future. To fill these gaps, a model for classifying ports according to their port-city cruise strategies is proposed, which can be useful for both port authorities and destination managers.
PB Elsevier
SN 22105395
YR 2022
FD 2022-12-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/73002
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/73002
LA eng
NO CRUE-CSIC (Acuerdos Transformativos 2022)
NO Santander-Universidad Complutense de Madrid programme
DS Docta Complutense
RD 3 may 2024