Cruise passengers' expenditure in the Caribbean port of call of Cartagena de Indias: a cross-section data analysis

• Juan Gabriel Brida ^[1] ; Daniel Bukstein ^[2] ; Nicolás Garrido ^[3] ; Emiliano Tealde ^[2]
  1. [1] Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

     Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

     Bolzano, Italia

     
  2. [2] Universidad Ort Uruguay

     Universidad Ort Uruguay

     Uruguay

     
  3. [3] Universidad Católica del Norte

     Universidad Católica del Norte

     Antofagasta, Chile

     

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• Localización: Tourism economics: the business and finance of tourism and recreation, ISSN 1354-8166, Vol. 18, Nº. 2, 2012, págs. 431-447
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5367/te.2012.0115
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  • The cruise industry has become a significant component of the Colombian tourism economy and Cartagena de Indias has become the largest cruise port in the country. This paper provides a better understanding of the cruise industry by considering the expenditures of cruise ship passengers disembarking in Cartagena de Indias as a key variable in the economic analysis of the costs and benefits. The authors estimate two cross-sectional regression models for the cruising expenditure, showing the existence of different tourist profiles related to different expenditure levels. In particular, heavy spenders are distinguishable from the other segments in terms of age, hours spent off the ship, nationality, income levels and spending patterns.