1. Making Waves: Examining the Interface Between Cruise Tourism and Destination Community in Akaroa, New Zealand
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Emma Stewart, David G. Simmons, Michael C. Shone, and Judith Wilson
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Geography ,Economy ,Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management ,Tourism geography ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Cruise ,Context (language use) ,Local population ,Destinations ,Marketing ,Tourism - Abstract
Address correspondence to Dr. Jude Wilson, Lincoln University, PO Box 85084, Lincoln 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand. Tel: +64 3 423 0502; E-mail: Jude.Wilson@lincoln.ac.nz with being a sustainable cruise destination (Lester & Weeden, 2004). This article reports on a study of community attitudes to cruise tourism in the small harbor town of Akaroa, New Zealand. It does so in the context of a period of unprecedented change and disruption to the region’s tourism sector as a consequence of the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes. An important dimension of cruise tourism in Akaroa has been the arrival of large numbers of cruise visitors over a relatively short period of time; this growth trajectory contrasts markedly with the more incremental tourism growth patterns of land-based visitors experienced in Akaroa to date. Historically a busy MAKING WAVES: EXAMINING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN
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- 2015
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