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Abstract
Johnson, David.
"Environmentally sustainable cruise tourism: a reality check," Marine Policy, 2002, (26), 261-270
Cruise tourism
continues to be
a major
international growth area. In terms of achieving
sustainable tourism
it is, therefore, a subsector within which socio-economic, cultural and
environmental considerations need to be continually analysed, addressed
and monitored.
The environmental impacts of cruise tourism are categorised in this
paper and
potential strategies that can be employed by both cruise line operators
and
cruise tourism destinations are explored. Secondary evidence of
action by both
parties suggests that the industry is taking a number of belated
positive
steps. However, decision-makers in cruise tourism destinations,
particularly those
outside North America, need to work closely with
operators to facilitate both
integrated
waste management and intergenerational and intra-societal equity rather
than
merely accept the prospect of short-term economic gain.
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