Structural analysis of cruise passenger traffic in the world and in the Republic of Croatia

Passenger traffic in the market of cruising, according to present growth rate, in the global and regional scale is an important accelerator of growth in passenger traffic in the world, of maritime passenger transport, and thus economic growth and development. Accordingly, the main problem of this study is the analysis of passenger traffic in cruises in the world and in the Republic of Croatia. In connection with this, the basic aim of the research is the structural analysis of the defined research problem, that by the analysis of specific quantitative indicators defines the main characteristics and patterns in the performance of passenger traffic on a cruise, specifying: the world's leading groups and companies in the cruise market, the structure of passengers on a cruise with respect of various criteria (origin, socio-demographic criteria), the leading emitting and receptive cruise regions, including the leading cruise destinations and the ports in the world and in the Republic of Croatia.