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Cruise Industry
CRUISE TOURISM

Student’s name:
Rarenko Daria
Module Tutor: Ms. L. Philippatos
FP - MA
Module Title:
Academic Writing
Date of submission:

“ Old and young , we are all on our last cruise.” Robert Louis Stevenson
(http://www.brainyquote.com)

Summary
The aim of this report is to present and analyze one of the most popular fields of international tourism, cruise tourism. There is specific reference to the history of cruise tourism, an extensive analysis of the forms of cruise tourism and the most famous global cruise lines. Furthermore, in this report we have examined and presented in the form of charts and graphics the kind of guests that prefer cruising to other forms of tourism. Specifically, we have referred to their age groups, financial and social background, nationalities and have come to the conclusion that the most popular gender of cruise tourists is female (60%). The families (80%) are more interested in cruisers then workers of full- time (60%) and students (70%). We are found out that cruisers primarily travel with: their spouse (80%), children under age of 18 (25%), their friends (15%). We also examined that cruisers indicate their return for land-based vocations as: Caribbean (50%) and The Bahamas (15%). In the same way we found out that cruisers spend approximately 1,770 $ per person per week and other vocations as compared to non-cruise vocations who spend an average of 1,200 $.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………… 1
2. Definitions…………………………………………………………………………..
3. History of Cruising………………………………………………………………………...
4. Types of Cruises………………………………………………………………………………. 4.1 Family Cruises…………………………………………………………………. 4.2 Couples Cruises…………………………………………………………………. 4.3 Seniors Cruises………………………………………………………………….. 4.4

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