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Impact of Cruise Tourism in Coastal Areas

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Executive Summary

In recent years, the new form of coastal tourism has earned a well-deserved reputation.

The purpose of the report is to find the economic, social and environmental impact of cruise

tourism in coastal areas. The study assesses the industry growth, trends, impact of cruise

tourism and tourism related developments along coastal areas. The study traces the origin of

coastal transformation with particular focus on the real estate and construction boom in

coastal areas. Despite large number of economic benefits received by coast the areas also

suffers from many problem such as loss of marine resources, pollution of marine water

resources, air pollution, climate change, loss of cultural resource and public access etc. The

given report also focuses on challenges and opportunities for maritime and coastal tourism.

The reports builds on information collected from various sources such as journal, books and

online articles. The report recommends need of a sustainable tourism strategy in collaboration

with government, industry and community.

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 5

Recent trends in Coastal Cruise industry ........................................................................................ 5

Impacts of cruising in coastal areas .............................................................................................. 10

Issues and challenges facing the cruise industry ............................................................................ 13

Recommendation........................................................................................................................ 16

Benefits of sustainable coastal tourism ......................................................................................... 19

Conclusion ................................................................................................................................. 19

References ................................................................................................................................. 21

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Introduction

Cruise industry is one of the sectors that have grown by 2,100 percent since their start.

Since the beginning of 1960, there has been rising trend in the cruise ship tourism. For the

period 1990-2007, the cruise passenger annual growth rate has increased to 70 percent. The

average annual growth rate of cruise tourism is almost twice the rate of growth of the tourism

industry. The growth rate of cruise tourism is expected to continue in future (FCCA, 2008).

Cruise tourism is new phenomena with serious impacts on three pillars of sustainability, i.e.,

economic, social and environmental. The increase in cruise ship traffic and infrastructure has

identified negative impacts such as incompatible development, loss of culture, pollution, and

wear and tear. The cruise market is continued to grow irrespective of its negative impact

because regulation in response to these issues is still under development. The revenue of the

cruise industry is 3 percent of the total international tourists receipts (Kester, 2002). Four

cruise lines, i.e., Carnival, Royal, Caribbean, and P&O., dominate the cruise industry. The

most famous cruise destination of the world is Caribbean, Bahamas because of its proximity

with the world’s largest cruise market (Orams, 2002). The report will study the recent trends

and development in the cruise industry. In relation to this, the given research will analyze the

various impacts of cruising on coastal areas and challenges faced by them. As the ship order

and number of passenger grows, the significant impact is seen on socio-cultural, economic,

political and environmental factors. The report also proposes recommendation for building a

sustainable future for cruise destination.

Recent trends in Coastal Cruise industry

The cruise ship industry is one of the fastest growing segments in the tourism and travel

industry. The growth of the cruise industry can be measured from different aspects such as

demand, supply and output of the sector.

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The Table 1 and Figure 1 describe the continuous increase in cruise passenger arrivals and

growth in the number of passengers for the period 1997-2007.

Table1: Cruise Passenger arrival rate, 1990-2007

(Source: CLIA 2008)

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Figure 1: The growth of the number of international cruise passengers

(Source: CLIA 2008)

The average annual growth rate of the number of international cruise passenger is 7.4

percent for the period 1990-2007. It can be derived from the Table 1 the participation of

North American passenger is more than 80 percent but is in declining trend. The cruise

industry shows high demand from new sources such as Europe and Asia (Brida and Zapata,

2010)

Presently, the tourism development trend emphasizes on increasing passenger capacity or

building larger vessels of cca 3.000 (Passenger shipping association, 2006). Hence, the trend

to increase the guest capacity will mark the future of cruise tourism industry. It will also have

many different impacts on the respective ports and coastal areas. The most intensive tourism

region worldwide is Mediterranean. It is the most growing region with increasing cruise

activity; accounting for 18 percent of the world cruise market in 2006.The rapid growth of

cruising tourism has increased competition and put high pressure on coastal resources and

infrastructure. An increasing number of new generation cruise ships have created large

environmental burden on local communities. The increasing cruise ship resorts have limited

the economic benefits to local people residing in coastal areas (Caric, 2011).

Cruise ship vacation is the rapid growing segment in the leisure travel industry. The ship

size, number of cruise, passenger, ports and revenues all are on rising trend. Since 2006, the

number of people took cruise vacation rose half million crores. The industry has witnessed

dramatic increase in number and size of cruise ships. Nearly 88 ships have been introduced,

and 200 large cruise ships are in service pipeline. The ship size has also increased from 500-

800 to accommodate passenger. The Royal Caribbean is the biggest cruise ship with the

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capacity to accommodate 3,634 passengers plus with an additional crew of 1500 members.

The top ten cruise destination hold the 90 percent of cruise ships. The Caribbean is a favorite

tourism destination among tourist. After the 9/11 attack, the cruise tourism attraction has

shifted from Mediterranean to Caribbean region. The Caribbean region is capitalized to be a

safe and terror-free travel destination. It is worth noting that despite 9/11 attacks, the SARS

virus and economic recession there have been raising trend in cruise tourism. The consumer

interest is continued to be strong despite high pressure on travel cost. The travel cost has

increased due to the economy and fuel costs

Figure 2: The top ten cruise geographical destination

1. Caribbean (41), 2. Mediterranean (19), 3. Europe (9), 4. Alaska (9), 5. Mexico-West (8), 6. South America (6), 7. South Pacific (3), 8. Canada-New England (1) and

10. Bermuda (2).

Source: (CLIA 2007)

The recent trend shows that 77 percent of past cruise vacationer and 50 percent of

vacationer who is yet to express cruise experience, express interest to do so in next three

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years. As described in figure 2, Caribbean region, has high potential growth as the local

governments are developing and investing the large amount of money in building quality

infrastructures to attract the cruise ships and passenger arrivals. Few governments have

developed marketing strategy to encourage cruise line by paying them the monetary incentive

on arrival of each passenger. Moreover, marine and coastal tourism is the largest segment in

the tourism industry. The visitors after 9/11 attacks for economic convenience and security

opt for prepaid packages on cruise ships and resorts. The trend is expected to increase as

there is an increase in urbanized population particularly in US, Europe and Asia. The rise in

income of the middle class would like to seek nature and hence choose coastal cruise tourism.

The coastal region of Panama, Costa Rica is experiencing rapid development in marine

and coastal tourism because of the proximity with North America. The regions are also

known as vacation homes and are experiencing the boom of the coastal tourism and resort

developments. However, it has caused many environmental, social and cultural impacts on

coastal regions. In 2007, Costa Rica government took the initiative for sustainable tourism

development and for making the country carbon neutral by the end of 2023. The region has

high resort development in the Pacific Coast. The new variant to the latest trend in coastal

development is residential tourism. Currently, the development of resort complexes is the

hottest trend. However, the new model of combining resort with vacations homes has the

serious impact on environment and local community. The biggest challenges face by coastal

resort developer is on land ownership, displacement of locals, water, environmental

destruction and global warming (Global trends in coastal tourism, 2007).

The impressive growth rate in cruise tourism is expected to record 25 million cruise

passenger by 2015. However, the Asia Pacific market share is less but the trend is likely to

change as soon the barriers to entering the market will be removed by regulators. The climate

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and time of year are important factors in choosing a cruise destination. The Asia Pacific

region is a rare tourism destination but the volume of cruise tourists is constantly increasing

from last few years. The cruise tourism is segmented into four: luxury, premium,

contemporary and budget. The period 2006-2010 has seen the fast growth in contemporary

followed by luxury segment. The two segments hold the specialization in items of itineraries

and ships. Hence, this trend makes the cruise segment move up for the resort development

(Kim, 2012).

Impacts of cruising in coastal areas

Coastal areas are highly biodiversities transnational areas between land and seas. The

coastal area is surrounded by the richest ecosystems of the earth such as mangroves and coral.

Also, they are densely populated due to rapid urbanization process. The half of the world

population lives near coastal area. At the same time, coastal areas are a favorite destination

place. Moreover in much coastal area tourism is the most vital economic activity. For

example in Mediterranean region tourism is the only activity for its island like Malta, Cyprus,

etc. However, Cruise tourism has both positive and negative aspects on the environment,

economic and on society.

Economic analysis- Cruise tourism seems to have direct and indirect effect on the

economy of the region. The arrival of any cruise ship and passenger has the considerable

change in the destination and local communities. Cruise tourism is most likely to benefits

industries like transportation, tour operators, and specialist shops. The other business like

hotel, liquor stores and casino may not see significant gains from cruise tourism. Cruise lines

create direct economic impact, who sells goods and services to cruise vessel, passengers and

crew members. The expenditure of cruise is related to vessel, crew expenditure and support

services expenditure. The indirect contribution to government revenues are taxes, duties on

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goods and services, taxes on tickets, souvenirs, alcohol, restaurant, etc. In 2000, the total

revenue generated worldwide by cruise industry was US$16.4 million. The revenue from the

industry benefits the government and citizens of the country. The cruise tourism also creates

employment opportunities for the local people. The positive impact of sustainable tourism is

contribution to government revenues, increase in foreign earnings, employment generation

and business opportunities. However, in recent time cruise industry has become a lobbying

group in port destination by creating their private island property for each cruise line. The

community people are restricted to enter in these private islands and hence it reduces the

economic benefit for local tourism (Brida and Zapata, 2010).

Environmental Impact- Cruise tourism creates pressure on resources that are in short

supply such as energy, food, water and soil. A study conducted by British Airway has

exposed the environment impacts done by cruise tourism. To serve cruise line destination,

modification are done to the natural environment that result in loss of habitat and explosion

of local construction. The operational impact on the environment is accidental or deliberate

physical damage of marine ecosystems. The cruise tourism can lead to loss of biodiversity,

for example, competing with wildlife for habitat and natural resources. The various types of

waste and damage produced by 3,000-passenger cruise ship are:

Type of waste Description and damage for ship with 3000

passengers

Solid waste It is glass, paper, aluminum, steel cans

aboard a ship.

Blackwater It includes sewage water from toilets,

medical facilities. It also contains harmful

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bacteria and diseases. The damage accounts

for1500-3000 gallons per day.

Gray water - It includes waste generated from laundry

and cleaning activities. The damage done by

ship is minimum 90000 gallons per day

Bilge water and Hazardous wastes -Contains medical waste, chemicals, batteries

and others

Air pollution -Diesel burn produces harmful chemical in

air.

The other types of environment impact are degradation of irrigation land, erosion of soil

and destruction of plants and degradation of geological, historical sites. As per the report

from Oceana the fuel consumption of cruise ship is equivalent to 12000 vehicles. The spillage

and illegal dumping of waste by cruise ship contain toxic substances, organic residues that

adversely affect the sensitive areas considerably. However, the large proportion of legislation

on waste generated by cruise ships has been made a decade back. It is difficult to apply

legislation because many ship sale under flag of convenience. Recent, MARPOL convention

is introduced as a framework to prevent the marine pollution from ships. The MARPOL has

six annexes to regulate the dumping from ships. MARPOL for special ecological areas has

set strict criteria on waste dumping (Protecting the world’s oceans, 2013).

Social and Cultural effects- Cruise tourism has rapidly grown as the favorite type of

vacation space. In addition to economic displacement and health and ecological impact, the

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development of cruise tourism result in behavioral transformation. The largest social issue

faced by local community is change of local identity and values. Tourism has commercialized

the local culture, tradition, festivals to conform to cruise tourist expectation. To meet the

tourist expectation, the destinations are modified. The standardization factor damages the

beauty of diverse cultures. To adapt to tourist demands, craftsman make changes in design of

their product. It results in cultural erosion. The cultural clashes also arise because of

economic inequality. The destinations are at the risk of losing cultural authenticity in the

process of commercializing culture traditions. The local residents of destination Caribbean

have adopted the habits and patterns of the tourist. A common problem faced by many

destinations is people pollution. Nova Scotia, a small island destination experiences shortage

of public transport during peak season of visitors (Brida and Zapata, 2010).

Issues and challenges facing the cruise industry

Demand for innovation in shore excursions- The innovative shore excursion is in great

demand among tourist. The success of continuous growth in the cruise industry goes to

innovative shore excursions to attract cruise line and cruise passengers. Shore excursion is an

integral part of cruise experience; it helps the passengers to understand the destination visited.

Cruise lines often try to differentiate on providing distinctive itineraries according to

passenger preferences. Cruise line select port of call to meet the passenger expectation. In

recent years, the cruise lines are expanding shore excursions to match with the active lifestyle

of tourists. The tour operators are adding traditional activities such as nature walks and city

tours. The cruise industry has seen a dramatic increase in family cruising. Therefore, cruise

lines are continuously expanding the myriads activities and facilities. It is a challenge for the

cruise line to continue provides the new experience by creating innovative shore programs,

designs especially for cruise passenger and experienced travelers.

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Service standards- The future challenges for the cruise line industry is to continue

provide service that differentiate their brand from other cruise lines. The cruise line success

and reputation are highly dependent on the standards and the variety of on-board service

provide by a cruise vessel. The most common service is fine dining, spa facility, shore

excursions, entertainment offers and extraordinary services. As the cruise industry expands,

30-40 percent of experienced tourist expects the development and increase in the level of

service standards.

On-board revenues- The decline in cruise ticket prices is posing a challenge for the

cruise line to discover the new source of revenue. The cruise lines makeup revenue out of

impulse purchases by travelers at on-boards bars, the art functions or the stores. Providing

high variety of on-board service is crucial to the success of the cruise line. In recent years,

cruise line such as Sea Dream, River Sea is offering distinctive amenities in voyages. The

future challenge for the cruise line is to offer services that are compelling and different from

other brands.

Fuel saving and environment issues- The biggest challenge for the cruise industry is to

maintain a balance of cost, customer preferences, regulation and innovation in technology.

The great challenge and problem for the cruise line is raising fuel cost. The large cruise line is

very sensitive to the problem of fuel cost. The small ships are not much affected by rising

fuel prices as they spend less time cruising and burning fuel. However, many cruise lines are

looking at new fuel conservation measures. The cruise lines are now using software plans to

plan voyages and maximize fuel efficiency. The newly built cruise vessels save lot of energy

by equipping with flat-screen televisions and using LED lights in place of standard lights.

The environment challenges in the cruise industry are related to air pollution, black water,

wastewater, solid waste, hazardous disposal of chemicals and coral reefs.

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Creating demand ahead of supply- The increasing popularity of cruising vacation is

posing a challenge for land based tours. The cruise lines are facing scarcity of highly skilled

and experienced sales force to create demand for cruising. Hence, the healthy growth of the

cruise industry is dependent on the creation of continuous demand, high consumer

satisfaction rate and improvement in the economy (Challenges and Future Trends: Ports and

Passengers in Europe, 2007).

The European Union has identified some of the key challenges and problems faced by

coastal tourism: the private and public entities involved in coastal tourism lacks effective and

coordinated governance. Carbon Dioxide emissions issues drastically affect the coastal

regions and island destinations. The change in climate leads to increase in coastal erosion.

Hence, it requires high cost for coastal protection. The tourism infrastructure is at risk and

needs to be protected. The coastal tourism has limited availability of a specific sector related

information; also it restricts networking opportunities for SME in cruise tourism. The

challenge for the industry is a requirement of high skill people to meet the demand of visitors.

The coastal cruise tourism has harmful effects on marine tourism includes threatening of

habitat, exploitation of endangers species, marine littering and creating the problem of fresh

water scarcity. The increase in economic use of coastal and seas for aquaculture, energy

production and marine transport intensifies the competition for space.

The rising growth of cruise shipping sector is a challenge in terms of safety, security, air

emission, energy efficiency, and on-board waste and increasing port congestion. The Europe

is the most attractive cruise destination of the world, but the coastal infrastructures are not

adequate to meet the need of the cruise industry (European commission, 2013).

The continued growth in the cruise market requires cohesive approach from the tourism

industry. The challenges faced by sector are ensuring adequate infrastructure and transport

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facility for visitors, and regulating entry customs procedures at ports. Maintaining the quality

of onshore excursions and providing comfortable passenger transport into city centers are the

few challenges of coastal cruise industry (sector Marketing, 2014).

Currently, the cruise industry lacks a proper regulatory framework. The key problem is

that the system is insufficient to address above concerns. Presently, MARPOL 73/78, the

International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution, establishes standards and

guidelines for cruise ships. The guidelines of MARPOL are insufficient for dealing with

waste generated by ships. Hence, it can be concluded that regulatory control instruments are

not sufficient to address environmental problems.

A major problem in the cruise industry is highly geographically and economically

concentrated representing few major corporation such as Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Star

Cruises. The lobbying power of corporate cruise giant has granted them tax incentives and

other savings that result in competiveness of cruise prices (Caribbean Cruise Ship Tourism

and the Environment: a Policy Proposal, 2010)

Recommendation

It is recommended to adopt a new model or approach to sustainable coastal tourism

development. Tourism is the fastest growing industry in the world. It is an important source

of revenue, employment generation and wealth in many of the countries. However, the rapid

expansion of industry has detrimental impacts on environment and social-cultural in many

regions. Coastal tourism is the important segment of the tourism industry. The key product of

coastal cruise industry is natural resources. The primary aim of sustainable tourism is to

promote triple bottom-line focused business. The purpose of sustainable practice is to prove

all sectors of industry with establish guidelines that seek to reduce the negative impact of the

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industry. Through generating sustainable coastal tourism practice the impact on the

environment, socio-cultural and economic can be minimized.

The environment impact can be minimized by generating sustainability as follows:-

Investment in Waste Management Technology- The cruise produce the massive amount

of waste in the seas, it is important that they soon implement the effective waste management

systems to minimize the negative impact on the environment. The investment in waste water

treatment such as ULTRA-SEP 10000 is one of the solutions to eliminate the problem of the

large amount of waste water released in the ocean. The system processes ten cubic meters of

bilge water per hour. The system is now carrying certification from United States Coast

Guard. The companies such as PyroGenesis Inc. have developed a plasma energy technique

that converts wastewater into gas and is then fully treated in a separate chamber before

releasing it. The impact on the environment will greatly be minimized if all cruise line invests

in such technologies.

Developing Environmental programs- The cruise line should adopt aggressive

environment programs of waste reuse and recycling, waste stream management and programs

on shore side disposal. However, many cruise lines have introduced environment programs

on board that are in compliance with environment standards set by International Maritime

Organization (IMO), MARPOL and International Council of Cruise lines (ICCL). The cruise

line should build programs and implement the best practice to eliminate the waste from the

ocean.

Urgent requirement of Certification- An immediate need for governments, NGO, and

business and communities is present to adopt sustainable tours practices. Therefore, it is

necessary to develop certified programs that can apply to all coastal regions. The certified

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programs will ensure the public that the cruise line are meeting the stringent environment

standards. It will create a competitive advantage for the cruise line in the form of improved

community relations and increase in goodwill of corporate. The certification program will

decrease the chance of lawsuits on cruise corporations. Certification programs are essential to

encourage consumers for sustainable production and consumption practices. Till now, there

are 60 environmental certification programs providing sustainable practices.

Community Involvement and development- Coastal tourism is a positive phenomenon

that binds people and community in the islands. It is essential to involve local communities

for the success of sustainable tourism. The development of community is the cornerstone of

any sustainable cruise tourism endeavor. The key component of community development is

to provide sufficient physical infrastructure to attract tourist and simultaneously benefitting

the local community. The local community and civic should fight for the preservation of the

environment. Cruise line should redistribute the benefits generated by business with local

community.

Education and training to visitors and local- It is important to educate visitors and local

to respect the local heritage, values, tradition, crafts and arts. The culture and tradition of the

coastal region can be preserved only through sustainable management of natural resources.

Developing long term goals- The government of coastal regions should develop a long-

term vision of tourism in their respective islands. The government should work on the new

source of revenue for the country and should not rely only on tourism for economic

development.

Conservation of resources-The aim of sustainable tourism is to maximize benefits for all

stakeholders. The number of traveler support environment programs that minimize pollution,

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waste and energy consumption. The travelers by helping cruise industry can preserve natural

resources and continue enjoy the exponential growth of the industry.

Expansion of local business opportunities- The collaboration of the cruise line with local

business provides an opportunity to the indigenous community to participate in the tourism

industry (Sustainable tourism and the Cruise line industry 2005).

Benefits of sustainable coastal tourism

There are numerous benefits of sustainable coastal tourists. The sustainable coastal

tourism contributes to government revenues, generates foreign exchange earnings,

employment generation and contributes to local economies. The social-culture benefits of

sustainable practice are an initiative to strengthen communities, improves the preservation of

culture and traditions. The sustainable tourism encourages social involvement and stimulates

feeling of pride in local residents for national heritage. The sustainable practices benefits

visitors in the form of unspoiled nature, clean environment, and safety and ensure authentic

local culture and traditions. The sustainable tourism contributes directly to conservation of

natural resources and habitat (Sustainable Development of tourism 2012).

Conclusion

Hence, it can be concluded that cruise tourism is the largest generator of revenue and

jobs in the world. However, the cruise industry puts strain on the natural resources of coastal

regions. The pressure is evident in all areas such as environment, social and the economy.

The negative impact across all areas becomes essential for the cruise industry to adopt

sustainable practice for long-term success. The significant growth in the industry and number

of visitors makes it necessary for all stakeholders to adopt sustainable practices. In the

future, it is expected that more than 10 million people will travel by cruise. The cruise

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industry is growing by 6.6 percent. It is one of the favorite segments of tourism. The cruise

industry has made a significant impact on natural and cultural systems. Hence, it is essential

for the industry to develop practice that minimizes the harmful impacts. Recently,

governments, NGO, business local community have partnered to develop environment-

friendly programs. As discussed in the research, the key recommendations will further guide

the progress of industry are: advancement in technology and creating mutually cooperative

relationship among all stakeholders. The collaboration among all parties is necessary for the

success of any sustainable tourism initiative. The governments and organization are

recommended to establish a code of conduct for tourism at all levels. The state should

develop similar programs and initiatives for ensuring consistent practice around the world.

Hence, it is critical for the cruise industry to make substantial changes in the business

processes so as to maintain the well-being of local residents and their natural resources.

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