In this scientific paper, cruise tourism in the Mediterranean area is explored, with particular emphasis on cruise ships. This paper analyzes the landing data of ships and passengers in the busiest ports for the reception of cruise ships in the Mediterranean area. The trends of passenger traffic from 2012 to 2017 were investigated at five major cruise ports in the Mediterranean: Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Balearic Islands, Venice and Marseille. Based on the mentally verbal knowledge of the aforementioned, the selected model variables were quantified on an index scale of zero to 100, the 2017 Mediterranean Cruise Information Model
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