Table 5. Profiles of the questionnaire...

Table 5.

Profiles of the questionnaire respondents^a

Respondents	Range	Cruise operators^b		Governmental officials^c		Academics^d
Respondents	Range	Frequency	(%)	Frequency	(%)	Frequency	(%)
Job title/rank	President/Director	1	11.1	2	25.0	–	–
	Senior deputy director	5	55.6	4	50.0	–	–
	Division director	3	33.3	2	25.0	–	–
	Supervisor	0	0	0	0.0	–	–
	Professor	–	–	–	–	4	44.4
	Associate professor	–	–	–	–	5	55.6
	Assistant professor	–	–	–	–	0	0
	Sub-total	9	100.0	8	100.0	9	100.0
Age (years)	≤40	0	0	0	0	0	0
	41-50	2	22.2	1	12.5	1	11.1
	51-60	6	66.7	6	75.0	5	55.6
	≥61	1	11.1	1	12.5	3	33.3
	Sub-total	9	100.0	8	100.0	9	100.0
Educational level	PhD	0	0.0	2	25.0	9	100.0
	Master	4	44.4	6	75.0	0	0.0
	Bachelor	5	55.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Sub-total	9	100.0	8	100.0	9	100.0
Seniority (years working in field)	10-15	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	16-20	2	22.2	1	12.5	2	22.2
	21-25	5	55.6	4	50.0	6	66.7
	≥26	2	22.2	3	37.5	1	11.1
	Sub-total	9	100.0	8	100.0	9	100.0

Respondents	Range	Cruise operators^b		Governmental officials^c		Academics^d
Respondents	Range	Frequency	(%)	Frequency	(%)	Frequency	(%)
Job title/rank	President/Director	1	11.1	2	25.0	–	–
	Senior deputy director	5	55.6	4	50.0	–	–
	Division director	3	33.3	2	25.0	–	–
	Supervisor	0	0	0	0.0	–	–
	Professor	–	–	–	–	4	44.4
	Associate professor	–	–	–	–	5	55.6
	Assistant professor	–	–	–	–	0	0
	Sub-total	9	100.0	8	100.0	9	100.0
Age(years)	≤40	0	0	0	0	0	0
	41-50	2	22.2	1	12.5	1	11.1
	51-60	6	66.7	6	75.0	5	55.6
	≥61	1	11.1	1	12.5	3	33.3
	Sub-total	9	100.0	8	100.0	9	100.0
Educational level	PhD	0	0.0	2	25.0	9	100.0
	Master	4	44.4	6	75.0	0	0.0
	Bachelor	5	55.6	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Sub-total	9	100.0	8	100.0	9	100.0
Seniority (years working in field)	10-15	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	16-20	2	22.2	1	12.5	2	22.2
	21-25	5	55.6	4	50.0	6	66.7
	≥26	2	22.2	3	37.5	1	11.1
	Sub-total	9	100.0	8	100.0	9	100.0

Notes:

Basically, the number of field experts are not too many in one country. Referring to other FAHP studies [e.g. Wang et al. (2008) ( samples), Sahin and Yip (2017) (22 samples) and Tseng and Cullinane (2018) (25 samples)], the number of our samples (26) is reasonable in this study;

These cruise operators are full-time staff who work in the cruise companies and are responsible for cruise operations and management affairs;

These governmental officials work in the Taiwan International Ports Corporation or Maritime Port Bureau in Taiwan and take charge of cruise port supervision and management works;

These academics must understand issue of cruise port planning and development strategies and they work in the shipping management-related departments in the universities in Taiwan

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