Abstract
This research provided a meta-analysis of the direct economic impacts of cruise tourism, using a meta-regression, an Ordinary Least Square model, a fixed-effects model, and Sobel-Goodman mediation tests. The results revealed a significantly positive coefficient between direct economic impacts and: number of passengers, number of crew members, number of cruise lines, expenditures per passenger, and expenditures per cruise line. It was further found that cruise lines had significant mediation effects on the expenditures per passenger and per crew member at port destinations. Compared to North American markets, the direct economic impacts of cruise tourism on ports in the Caribbean markets and other emerging markets were significantly lower.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 209-218 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Tourism Management Perspectives |
| Volume | 31 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2019 |
Funding
We thank Dr. John L. Crompton at Texas A&M University, Dr. Peter Nijkamp, Dr. Jos van Ommeren, Dr. Mark G. Lijesen, and Jesper de Groote at VU Amsterdam, and Dr. Xudong Rao at North Dakota State University for their supports. We also acknowledge financial support from the NSSFC in China (grant number 16BJY139 ). Jamie M. Chen , PhD, is a Researcher in the School of Tourism Management at Sun Yat-sen University, and a Visiting Scholar in the IRISS of Italian National Research Council and the Department of Spatial Economics at the VU Amsterdam. Dr. Chen's research interests cover tourism economics and e-marketing, in particular quantitative research and econometric modeling. James F. Petrick , PhD, is a Professor, Research Fellow, and the Associate Department Dead for graduate studies in the Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University. Dr. Petrick's research is concentrated on understanding tourists' purchase behaviors, to assist in properly marketing to them as well as the benefits travel has on the tourist. Alexis Papathanassis , PhD, is a Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Management and Information Systems at the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences. Dr. Papathanassis's research interests are mainly about Cruise Tourism Management, e-Tourism, Tourism Mergers and Acquisitions, and Tourism Innovation. Xinjian Li , PhD, is a Professor and Dean of the School of Tourism Sciences at Beijing International Studies University. Dr. Li’s research interests include the economic development strategy of tourism industry, outbound tourism market research, transnational business, and management of tourism enterprises.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences | 16BJY139 |
Keywords
- Cruise tourism
- Economic impacts
- Mediation effects
- Meta-analysis
