Which are the challenges & problems that cruise ports face? Do ‘regional’ perspectives exist? For instance, do sub-groups of European groups that face diverge challenges? Is there a North vs South dimension ? Are other parameters, such as governance (PA vs TO) and size that affect the challenges that cruise ports face?
Those are the questions that PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis and Aimilia Papachristou discuss in a presentation delivered at the Jean Monnet Symposium on European Port Policy, which was held in Chios, Greece.
You can freely download the presentation here.
The scope of the study is to inform policy makers and allow them develop common stance(s) when needed, to enable the industry to benchmark – i.e. learn from others and to develop common stance(s) when needed.
The challenges were identified and classified via an in-depth survey that secured the participation of 148 cruise ports throughout the Med and its adjoining seas as well as North Europe.
The research is a work in progress and more details will follow. Stay tuned !!!
