International Transport Forum Discussion Papers
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- ISSN: 2223439X (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/2223439X
Cruise Shipping and Urban Development
State of the Art of the Industry and Cruise Ports
Cruise shipping has first established as the transportation of pleasure-seeking upper class travellers on seagoing vessels offering one or more ports of call in the United States and the Caribbean. Today this is a highly efficient global business. Modern specialised ships – radically different from cargo vessels – the use of an increasing number of cruise ports of call and turnaround ports so as to provide their customers excellent in-port and destination experiences, and convenient departures from proximal embarkation cities being fundamental tenets of the industry.
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