Megaships and Developing Cultural Tourism in Dubrovnik

Jasenko Ljubica () and Zelimir Dulcic ()
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Jasenko Ljubica: University of Split
Zelimir Dulcic: University of Split

Chapter Chapter 2 in Cruise Tourism and Society, 2012, pp 17-28 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The process of determining the influence of different variables to the design of development strategies primarily includes a multidimensional analysis of such correlations in order to, and based on data obtained by such a process; determine an optimal development model for applicable areas. Accordingly, when discussing the phenomenon of tourist megaships as an influential variable, we discuss both the multidimensional influence of their presence on the receptive area in periods of the physical presence of vessels, and the influence of the presence of guests on such ships to the receptive area. Furthermore, the fact that the tourist valorisation has transformed the cultural heritage, as a relevant part of the receptive area, into a fundamental factor of attraction of Dubrovnik as both receptive area in general, as well as cruising tourism destination, clearly indicates cultural tourism management development model, as an instrument of strategic interaction between these two dimensions, being the recipient variable. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to define the impact of cruise megaship presence on the creation of the optimal culture tourism development model as well as to project the implementation effects of such model in previous tourism practice.

Keywords: Cultural Heritage; Tourist Attraction; Tourism Development; Cruise Ship; Tourism Product (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32992-0_2

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