CONSUMPTION OF CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS IN TOURIST DESTINATIONS

Sa？etak A general opinion is that a highly valuable destination implies a higher degree of consumption of cruise ship passengers. Elite destinations are key places, according to which, lots of shipping cruise companies offer and plan their cruises. The elite destination means a city or a region, that stand out from the rest, thanks to the unique natural or cultural values and it is the target of numerous travels and also a magnet attracting crowds of tourists from all over the world. The purpose of the research is to demystify and explore a phenomenon of consumption of cruise ship tourists at the elite destinations in order to point out the necessary activities of entities that are responsible for management of cruise companies and tourist destination areas. The goal of the research is to determine the amount of tourists’ spending in the cruise destinations, as well as, to define the factors influencing upon consumption. It was also set up the basic hypothesis that "An elite destination also means high amount of spending of cruise ship tourists.” This basic hypothesis will be examined by using the methods of analysis and synthesis of the results and verification of the results of studies published previously. But first of all, there will be applied the methods of comparative analysis of two famous port cities, it means the City of Gdańsk in Poland, and the City of Dubrovnik in Croatia