Emerging yachting tourism and luxury policy mobility: Singapore and the Southeast Asian extension

Eijdenberg, Emiel L., Thirumaran, K., and Wong, Caroline (2022) Emerging yachting tourism and luxury policy mobility: Singapore and the Southeast Asian extension. In: Gladkikh, Tatiana, Séraphin, Hugues, Gladkikh, Victoria, and Vo-Thanh, Tan, (eds.) Luxury yachting. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 173-194.

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Abstract

This study seeks to examine the significance and potential of yachting tourism in Singapore using the ‘policy mobility’ lens. This approach considers the adoption and adaptation of a tourism policy, in this case by taking into account the historical context of yachting in Singapore as a means of recreating a negotiated space that is in continuous adjustment with its contemporary society. The study conducts extensive scoping of the development and expansion of yachting marinas and the nautical activities appearing horizontally (e.g. regattas) and vertically (e.g. residential enclaves and restaurants). The contribution is the critical assessment of luxury yachting tourism in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The findings indicate the need for a more pronounced policy promoting luxury yachting tourism and a broader regional yachting agreement on transboundary navigation for leisure boats to invigorate the luxury yachting segment in Southeast Asia to a level similar to the Caribbean and European Mediterranean Seas.

Item ID: 71421
Item Type: Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN: 978-3-030-86405-7
Copyright Information: © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
Date Deposited: 22 Feb 2022 02:26
FoR Codes: 35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3508 Tourism > 350803 Tourism management @ 100%
SEO Codes: 11 COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND TOURISM > 1104 Tourism services > 110401 Economic issues in tourism @ 33%
11 COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND TOURISM > 1104 Tourism services > 110402 Socio-cultural issues in tourism @ 33%
11 COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND TOURISM > 1199 Other commercial services and tourism > 119901 Hospitality services @ 34%
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