Selecting a coastal cruise port of call location in mainland China using the AHP method

Journal of Shipping and Trade

Table 8 The AHP results

Goal	Criteria	CR	Factor loading	Sub-criteria	CR	Factor loading (with respect to Goal)	Factor loading (with respect to Criteria)
A The Competitiveness Comparison of coastal cruises ports in mainland China	B1 Source market	0.0894	0.5317	C1 The city level	0.0421	0.0351	0.0660	10
				C2 The population size		0.0654	0.1231	6
				C3 The economic level		0.2439	0.4588	1
				C4 The Tourism economy level		0.1076	0.2023	3
				C5 The traffic conditions		0.0796	0.1498	4
	B2 Tourist attractions		0.2954	C6 The tourist attraction	0.0117	0.0248	0.0840	12
				C7 The cultural resources		0.0686	0.2323	5
				C8 The Scarce resources		0.1102	0.3730	2
				C9 The Ecological resources		0.0633	0.2142	7
				C10 The Tourist service facilities		0.0285	0.0965	11
	B3 Port conditions		0.1242	C11 The Terminal condition	0.0590	0.0111	0.0895	16
				C12 The infrastructure condition		0.0609	0.4904	8
				C13 The distance between city and port		0.0242	0.1950	14
				C14 The Environmental landscape conditions		0.0280	0.2251	13
	B4 policy support		0.0488	C15 The guiding policy conditions	0	0.0122	0.2500	15
	B4 policy support		0.0488	C16 The incentive policy conditions	0	0.0366	0.7500	9