Prof.Dr.Dr.Alexis Papathanassis
While the COVID19 has put the world economy at a halt, the big questions facing tourism and cruises assume center-stage. Like most crises, this one brings forward the ‘characters’ of individuals, as well as organisations and industries. Here you can listen to an excellent podcast from ABC Radio (Australia), featuring international academic personalities, on the […]
The COVID19 is a capacity crisis. It is all about ensuring that the available capacities of hospital beds and health personnel can meet the ‘demand’ created by the outbreaks. Managing global capacities of beds and transporting people is what the tourism and cruise sector do best. Here instead of ‘whining’, about empty capacities and money […]
The cruise sector has historically emerged by the crisis in passenger shipping sector during the 70s-80s, forcing the re-invention of passenger shipping to the modern cruise holiday. The cruise sector has been (and is) amongst the early adopters of new technologies, ultimately aiming to ‘sail away’ from price-competitive markets and unattractive business environments (Red Ocean). […]
The overtourism phenomenon (or better collection of phenomena) is not new. The externalities of tourism have been extensively researched since the 70s!!! Nevertheless – and sadly enough – it has required a media-hype and a catchy term for those to be perceived as attention-worthy by the tourism and cruise sector. Perhaps the tourism and cruise […]
I guess the most challenging and thought-provoking question I had to answer for this interview was: “Do you cruise? And do you have a bad conscience doing so?” At the end of the day, even though I don’t get to cruise that often… I must admit that I did not frame my love for travel […]
Cruise-Ship-Industry.com – Citation: “In absolute terms, the report said that Spain, Italy and Greece, closely followed by France and Norway, are the European countries most exposed to SOx air pollution from cruise vessels, while Barcelona, Palma (Maj) and Venice are the most impacted European port cities, followed by Civitavecchia and Southampton. These countries are more […]
The cruise sector in general and its future in particular are becoming increasingly a ‘news-opera’, with a particular focus on emissions and overtourism. A number of developments in the area, as well as a number of facts are often lost in the discussion. Check out my two newly-published papers in the ‘Tourism Review‘: Cruise Tourism […]
Our recent Yellow Tourism Book, only published recently (Sep 2018) and despite its niche status has already reached 800 Downloads from the Spinger Website. Well done to all involved.
Dear all, It is a long time since we all got together. AND IT IS ABOUT TIME WE DO AGAIN! The date for the 6th International Cruise Conference is set. It will take place between the 13-15th of June 2019 in Bremerhaven (Germany). Download the call for papers here: http://www.cruiseresearchsociety.com/UserFiles/File/ICC6/ICC6CfP.pdf More infos (e.g. conference programme, pricing, travel […]
Over the last years, I have been regularly invited to act as a reviewer for various journals. Peer reviewing is an essential element of scientific publishing, adding a layer of quality control to what is published and regarded as ‘scientific’. In today’s digital world, considering the growth of open source publishing, and the proliferation of […]
