Table 5 Hierarchy structure
From: Selecting a coastal cruise port of call location in mainland China using the AHP method
Goal | Criteria | Sub-criteria | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
A The Competitiveness Comparison of coastal cruises ports in mainland China | B1 Source market | C1 The city level | The administrative level of the port location(Municipality directly under the central government, deputy provincial cities, prefecture-level cities, county-level cities (districts and counties),etc.) |
C2 The population size | The population size of the hinterland area of the prefecture-level city where the port is located | ||
C3 The economic level | The economic development of cities, as well as the annual disposable income of residents. | ||
C4 The Tourism economy level | The domestic and foreign tourists and the tourism income of the source market. | ||
C5 The traffic conditions | The indicators of port cities accessibility include airport conditions (whether there is an airport within 50 km and the level of the airport) and high-speed rail station conditions (whether there is a high-speed rail station within 40 km). | ||
B2 The Tourist attractions | C6 The tourist attraction | The number of 5A and 4A scenic spots, world heritage sites and national tourist resorts within 100 km of the port cities; | |
C7 The cultural resources | The cultural tourism resources of port cities include the conditions of intangible cultural heritage, local culture and folk customs, etc. | ||
C8 The Scarce resources | The scarce tourism resources of port cities include world heritage resources and local unique tourism resources. | ||
C9 The Ecological resources | The eco-tourism resources of port cities include national forest parks, eco-resorts and eco-tourism landscapes. | ||
C10 The Tourist service facilities | Supporting conditions of tourism services in port cities, including local transportation, tourism catering, tourism accommodation, etc. | ||
B3 The Port conditions | C11 The Terminal condition | Capable for cruise to berth and sail. | |
C12 The infrastructure condition | Supporting facilities for port infrastructure and tourism services. | ||
C13 The distance between city and port | The distance between a port and the center of a city. | ||
C14 The Environmental landscape conditions | Port coastline and hinterland tourism environment and landscape conditions | ||
B4 policy support | C15 The guiding policy conditions | The guiding and planning policies for cruise tourism. | |
C16 The incentive policy conditions | Cruise port city for cruise ship staying or as a home port incentives. |