Responsible cruise tourism and regeneration: the case
of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

ABSTRACT

Cruise ship tourism continues to grow faster than other tourism sectors globally, with increasing potential benefits for cruise destinations, which seek to boost tourism revenue for instance by developing passenger terminals and associated infrastructure. However, there is a growing awareness of the need for ‘responsible cruise tourism’ in view of the costs of cruise ship tourism to host communities. The case of Nanaimo in British Columbia, Canada, illustrates these issues in terms of the management of cruise ship tourism and associated socio-economic benefits and costs, with implications for policy and practice in other contexts.

KEYWORDS:

• Responsible tourism
• cruise ship tourism
• terminal development
• city regeneration

Acknowledgement

This work was supported by Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada, via their Visiting Scholar Programme, in which the author participated in a two-week period in September 2012.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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Funding

This work was supported by Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada, via their Visiting Scholar Programme, in which the author participated in a two-week period in September-October 2012.