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Analysis of the US cruise line industry

Tourism ManagementPublished 1 December 1993
J. S. Perry Hobson
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Abstract

The cruise line industry has been through a metamorphosis. From being a declining mode of travel in the 1960s, the cruise line industry turned the corner in the 1970s and became one of the fastest growing segments of the wider tourism industry during the 1980s. This paper examines the reasons behind this growth, the current structure of the US cruise industry and the issues facing the industry in the 1990s as it heads towards the next century.

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Social SciencesEngineering