Abstract
With the development of the transportation network, vessels are increasingly used in the tourism business. The international cruise business requires huge investments and a clear international and domestic legal framework. Russia has unique opportunities to develop cruise tourism as a country with the world’s longest total length of coastal line (37.7 thousand kilometres). Russia intends to develop and support cruise tourism in the Arctic and increase the tourist flow to the Arctic to a certain level in order to promote socio-economic development in the region. At the same time, a rapidly evolving tourism in the Arctic brings new challenges related to the preservation of environmental safety and protection of national interests and requires comprehensive legal cover and regulation at the national level. This article deals with Russian Federation’s laws regulating sea/river cruise shipping involving an international element. It scrutinises state rules and policies on navigation in the Russian Arctic waters and relevant International Treaties of the Russian Federation, highlights the peculiarity of the cruise shipping contract in terms of Russian laws regulating the relationship arising from it, and finally, analyses the effects of Russian legislation in the field of Arctic tourism to its development. The authors attempted to summarise experts’ views on relevant Russian legislation’ shortcomings and put forward possible solutions.
Highlights
A cruise is a trip performed by water transport; it includes shore excursions, sightseeing of port cities, as well as a variety of entertainment on board sea and river liners [1].Marine tourism is the economic backbone of coastal areas, contributing to economic growth and employment
This article aimed to analyse the legal regulation of sea cruises in the Arctic waters based on the consideration of Russian legislation and international treaties acceded by the Russian Federation in this field
The study relies on the works of Russian and foreign scientists that are dedicated to the theory and history of tourism and cruise shipping, to the international legislation and problems of its implementation in the Russian domestic legal system, as well as to the discussion on the Russian Arctic marine cruise industry, its current status and further development trends, including studies on relevant Russian legislation and state policy
Summary
A cruise is a trip performed by water transport; it includes shore excursions, sightseeing of port cities, as well as a variety of entertainment on board sea and river liners [1].Marine tourism is the economic backbone of coastal areas, contributing to economic growth and employment. A cruise is a trip performed by water transport; it includes shore excursions, sightseeing of port cities, as well as a variety of entertainment on board sea and river liners [1]. The total revenue of the cruise industry was more than USD40 billion. This is approximately 2% of the global tourism industry’s revenue [4]. 2020 was a challenging year for the travel industry worldwide, and the cruise market suffered the most severe losses. The coronavirus outbreak on board the ‘Diamond Princess’ in February 2020 caused significant reputational losses to the industry and, as a result, sea cruise tourism was almost stopped. The number of guests onboard cruise ships in 2020 did not exceed 8 million. According to the expert’s prognoses, the projected number of guests in 2021 will be about 17 million, and 22.5 million in 2022, and the number of guests on cruise ships in 2024 is expected again to reach the level of 2019 [4]
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