Environmental and human health impacts of cruise tourism: A review
The intensive growth of cruise tourism worldwide during recent decades is leading to growing concerns over the sector's global environmental and health impacts. This review combines for the first time various sources of information to estimate the magnitude of the cruise industry's environmental and public health footprints. This research shows that cruising, despite technical advances and some surveillance programmes, remains a major source of air, water (fresh and marine) and land pollution affecting fragile habitats, areas and species, and a potential source of physical and mental human health risks. Health risks impact both the people on board (crew and passengers) and on land (workers of shipyards where cruise ships are dismantled and citizens inhabiting cities with cruise ports and shipyards). In this context, the authors argue that the cruise industry should be held accountable with more monitoring and regulation to prevent or minimize the growing negative environmental and human health impacts.
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Authors:
- Lloret, Josep
- Carreño, Arnau
- Carić, Hrvoje
- San, Joan
- Fleming, Lora E
- Publication Date: 2021-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
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Serial:
- Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Volume: 173
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0025-326
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0025326X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cruise lines; Environmental impacts; Health; Tourism
- Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01788400
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 17 2021 2:27PM