Abstract
Starting from the late 1960s, the cruise industry has appeared in two key regions, namely Europe and North America. However, the cruise industry has undergone fundamental changes which implies that the number of frequent cruisers is growing, with western travelers supposedly travelling to diverse cultures, attractive cruising destinations and exotic experiences in Southeast Asia for western travelers, and thus cruising in the Asian region has been happening at an enormous growing rate. Among the Asian regions, China is experiencing the fastest growth rates. Both Hong Kong and Shanghai established two cruise terminals which can be described as homeport cities in the 21st centuries. However, Hong Kong and Shanghai cruise terminals need to deal with neighboring competitors like Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, just to name but a few, in a challenging and dynamic environment. In order to examine Hong Kong and Shanghai’s potential evolution into an international cruise terminal hub, we suggest Connectivity, Regional Competitiveness, Utilization, Infrastructure, Security, Environmental Management (CRUISE) framework to seize attainable prospect of the external environment and investigate locational characteristics of cruise terminals in Hong Kong and Shanghai respectively. The first mover and sustainable competitive advantage will be performed. Academic and managerial implications of the research findings for cruise terminals are elaborated.
Highlights
Speaking, cruise is described as any fare paying voyage for leisure and pleasure on-board a passenger vessel whose primary objective is the accommodation of guests, normally visiting different destinations with flexible routes
China has intensively concentrated on the construction and further upgrade of cruise port facilities to meet the boom of cruise tourism
In China, there are appointed emission control areas for air pollutants. This is urgently in demand for cruise terminals where they are very close to densely populated cities such as Hong Kong and Shanghai [46]
Summary
Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China; Division of Business and Hospitality Management, College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Received: 12 August 2019; Accepted: 11 September 2019; Published: 16 September 2019
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