The Development Of International Cruise Economic Research

As of 1 January 2004, there were 339 active ocean-going cruise vessels operated by cruise lines around the world. This global fleet amounted to a total of 10.9 million gross tons, with 296,000 lower berths. One-third of the global fleet had a lower-berth capacity of less than 500 passengers. These smaller vessels had an average size of 224 passengers and an average age of 22 years, but accounted for only 12% of the global lower-berth capacity. Of the 339 cruise ships in the global fleet, 141 (7.6 million gross tons), with 193,000 lower berths (65% of the total), served the US at some time during 2003.The globe cruise industry has becoming one of the most rapid developing industries in the international tourism field. Its development can display large impact on the local economy. Shanghai is the largest port city of china, and it is devoting to constructing the international shipping center. Shanghai must depend on this strategy, and build the home port for globe cruise. This paper's purpose is analyzing the globe cruise market's prospect, and using the successful experience in the field. It considers the conditions of shanghai. This paper takes advantage of the theory of industry cluster and competed advantage to analyze the probability and necessity of Shanghai's cruise industry.This paper integrated the situations of the developed cruise area, systematically researches the relevant factors as follows: the cruise standard figuration and scale; the current situations of globe cruise market; the international cruise enterprises' basic operation; the navigating area of the cruise companies. Finally, we draw the conclusion: the target of shanghai is to construct the first class cruise port city.