In this sense, cruise ships are also direct competitors of the major land based resorts as Cancun,Cozumel, Orlando, Las Vegas, etc. Seidl et al. (2006) note that the case for Costa Rica,the season peaks of cruise tourism and other form of tourism occurs at the same time putting cruise passengers in direct competition with other tourists for the same touristic goods. In taking people to various destinations the cruise ships are a substitute for air travel. As floating hotels, they offer accommodation services. More and more, cruise ships features as resorts and it is well known that a substantial minority of cruise ship passengers do not even disembark in the different port destination that are visited.