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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pallis, Thanos
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2015
Series:International Transport Forum Discussion Papers
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:68 p. 21 x 29.7cm