company's source partner. In particular, I. Golubkova defines the service, component,
guarantee, cultural, cognitive and recreational functions of cruise shipping [2], which
essentially reveals the main tasks of the cruise line manufacturers.
Figure 1. Typical schemes for the formation and promotion of cruise ships
tourist product
More than 60 cruise shipping companies operate on the global cruise market, of
which more than half use up to 5 vessels, however, most of them are affiliated
companies of the major carriers of the Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean,
Norwegian Cruise Line, MSC Cruises, Genting Hong Kong, created for independent
work in specific regions (Table 1) [1]. Cruise operators do not have the logistics, so
they charter the vessels for the organization of the product, as well as sell it.
Cruise companies own means for self-organization of rest and represent
specialized enterprises, the subject of which is the organization of non-linear transport
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