AN ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF CRUISE TRAFFIC IN THE PORT OF DUBROVNIK

Sa？etak An extremely large number of passengers, sail to the port of Dubrovnik during the summer months, which is a big problem for both residents and tourists. Besides positive and negative effects incurred by cruise tourism on the natural and social environment, economic effect incurs as well and is shown as an increase of different types of consumption in homeports as well as in ports of call. Because of that, it is necessary to analyses passenger traffic in port and to find a solution to the congestion of the port and the city and to make possible precisely planning and organizing business and life in Dubrovnik. This paper presents an analyses of the dynamics of cruise passenger traffic in the port of Dubrovnik in the period 2004 -2018