The Institute for Maritime Tourism (IMT) deals with tourism at sea and by the sea. Its goal is to promote the exchange of knowledge and opinions with the tourism industry and its various stakeholders, to gain new insights into the peculiarities of maritime tourism, and to design teaching in a practice-oriented way.
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Papathanassis, A. (2021). Cruise tourism ‘Brain Drain’: Exploring the role of personality traits, educational experience and career choice attributes. Current Issues in Tourism. 24(14): 2028-2043. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2020.1816930
Papathanassis, A. & Klein, R.A. (2020). The ‘liquid-modern’ cruise sector: Growth, responsibility and the failure of moral relativism. Tourism in Marine Environments, 15(2): 59-63 https://doi.org/10.3727/154427320X15833179029590
