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...

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1. Verfasser: Pallis, Thanos (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Paris OECD Publishing 2015
Schriftenreihe:International Transport Forum Discussion Papers no.2015/14
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (68 p.) 21 x 29.7cm.
DOI:10.1787/5jrvzrlw74nv-en