The Costa Concordia disaster and cruise tourism
The Costa Concordia disaster and the develpment of cruise tourism worldwide By Jacques GUILLAUME L'Atlas Bleu / Exploiting Costa Concordia, disaster, shipwreck, tourism, cruise, evolution The shipwreck of the Costa Concordia, occurred on January 13 2012 on the Italian coasts, brings to light the question about safety of cruise tourism, which know an important growth in different maritime geographical areas of the planet. The disaster gives an opportunity to grasp the main recent characteristics and evolution of this tourist activity sector deployed on the seas and coasts.