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Enhancing resilience and sustainability: an inductive approach to innovations in cruise industry

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study identifies key challenges to achieving a resilient and sustainable cruise industry, examines stakeholder actions, and proposes strategies to balance these objectives. Employing a qualitative multi-method approach, it develops a theoretical framework for a resilient and sustainable cruise industry grounded in multi-level, multi-dimensional, and multi-stakeholder perspectives. The research design combines: (1) a review of extant literature to identify key challenges and proposed strategies related to resilience and sustainability; and (2) a case study utilizing semi-structured interviews with key industry stakeholders to validate the literature review findings and uncover additional insights not readily accessible through published sources. By jointly examining resilience and sustainability, two objectives often studied in isolation, this study contributes to the cruise operations literature by offering a holistic and integrated framework. Additionally, it contributes to practice by providing actionable guidance for stakeholders aiming to foster an industry that is adaptable to disruption and committed to sustainable development.

Source: Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2025.105118

Authors: Muhammad Hasan Ashraf, Naima Saeed, Kevin Cullinane, Martin Dresner

Institutions: California State University, Long Beach, University of Agder, University of Gothenburg, University of Maryland, College Park

Language: English

Topic: Cruise Tourism Development and Management

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,450