Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54947 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2012-5
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This paper investigates residents' preferences towards cruise tourism investment in their home port. The research uses data collected during the peak cruise season in 2011 at Messina, a port of call in Sicily, Italy. A generalized ordered logit analysis is run to analyse what factors influence the residents' preferences towards investment in cruise tourism. Positive and negative externalities produced by this economic activity, as well as socio-demographic and economic determinants are taken into account. Overall, the resource investment choice of residents in Messina was dependent upon: their income dependency on the cruise activity, their own personal cruise experience, family size, the expected increase in welfare (i.e. increase in public and private investment), whether they are affected by urban and rural gentrification and the value placed on community life style and heritage conservation. Nevertheless, residents would tend to decrease investments in cruise activity if they are female, retired or perceive the environment to be deteriorating. Implications for policy makers are drawn from the empirical findings.
Subjects: 
Cruise port of call
positive and negative externalities
residents' support
generalized ordered logit
JEL: 
C25
D62
L83
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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