Government and business community attitudes towards cruise tourism development

Smiljana Pivčević; Ante Mandić; Niko Šalja

doi:10.5937/gp22-18750

Smiljana Pivčević University of Split, Faculty of Economics
Ante Mandić University of Split, Faculty of Economics
Niko Šalja ACI marina Dubrovnik

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/gp22-18750

Keywords: cruise tourism impacts, government and business stakeholders, discriminating variables, Dubrovnik,

Abstract

This study analyses government and business community attitudes towards cruise tourism impacts and its future development. An empirical study was conducted in Dubrovnik on a sample of 105 leaders in tourism-related organisations developing, validating and using the the Cruise Tourism Impacts scale. Research findings reveal a moderately positive attitude towards the cruise tourism impacts and the desired shift in future development priorities. Promotion, revenues and employment generation are the most pronounced positive impacts and cruise tourism influence on land-based guests the most pronounced negative one. Only sex and workplace are found to be discriminators of cruise tourism impacts perceptions. Implications for destination management and suggestions for future studies are provided.

Author Biographies

Smiljana Pivčević, University of Split, Faculty of Economics

Assistant professor Smiljana Pivčević, PhD is a senior researcher and department Head at University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism – Department of Tourism and Economy, Croatia. Her research focuses oninnovation in tourism and hospitality, tourism development issues and strategic management in hospitality and events. She has worked as an expert and project/team leader on regional and local tourism development strategies, national scientific projects and EU funded projects in the area of tourism. She has published two book chapters and over 20 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, several indexed in SCOPUS and WOS.

Ante Mandić, University of Split, Faculty of Economics

Ante Mandić, PhD is a researcher at the University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism – Department of Tourism and Economy, Croatia. His research focuses on sustainable tourism development and planning, and economic valorisation and valuation of natural resources involved in tourism development. Recently he has defended his PhD theses focused on establishing a relation between natural park attributes and hotel prices and measurement of visitors WTP and economic spillovers. He has published several research papers indexed in leading databases Scopus and Web of Science.

Niko Šalja, ACI marina Dubrovnik

Niko Šalja, MSc, is the Coordinator of technical equipment and instalments in Aci Marina d.d. He holds a BA in Mechanical Engineering and a MSc Specialization in Business Economics. He has over 20 years of experience in diverse positions in mechanical engineering and through the course of his career has held several management positions, including the Head of County’s Environmental protection and utility service department, Deputy Major of Dubrovnik, Supervisory board member of Port Authority in Dubrovnik and the Director of ACI Marina Dubrovnik. His research interests lie in the area of cruise tourism development and impacts.

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