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"I guess the cruise tourists do bring in quite a bit of money from eating in the restaurants" Aren't most cruise ship full board? Plus you seem to suggest tha
by benj111 7y ago
"I guess the cruise tourists do bring in quite a bit of money from eating in the restaurants"
Aren't most cruise ship full board?
Plus you seem to suggest that visitor numbers are very lumpy which would make it very difficult to size the local restaurant industry. If average summer visitors are 10000, then the QE2 dumps out 20000 visitors for 2 days out of the month, do you size yourself to accommodate 10000 visitors? 30000?
Source: Worked in pubs that hosted coach parties, there was a massive variation in spend from coach to coach.
- ainiriand 7y agoYes, most of them are full board. But you just don't want to go back to the ship only for lunch, so you have lunch in the city, where you can have a taste of the local cuisine.
- benj111 7y agoPotentially. I suspect there's a lot of cultural and generational norms wrapped up in that though. A ship full of Swedes may prefer to return to the boat to eat, a ship full of Spaniards may all want 3 course meals on land, that just makes it harder for the host city to predict demand.
- sdoering 7y agoAt least for the Company I worked for - most people left on "harbor days". Be it for guided tours, beach days or other events or just plain "I am exploring on my own". Most have to be back in the late afternoon/early evening - so that the cruise-liner can depart on time. So at least for this company most people did not incur food costs on board for lunch (non the less having paid for it with the package deal).