This narrative review article contributes to the discussion on destination sustainability by focusing on cruise tourism practices. Cruise tourism is a complex industry, particularly from a destination perspective. There have been many calls for cruise tourism to become more sustainable for destinations but little consensus about what this means, or how it could be achieved. The aim of this article is to review the literature on cruise tourism destinations and to unpack the ways in which sustainability issues are framed at destination level. We have reviewed 98 peer-reviewed empirical journal articles (2015–2022). The article shows how the research literature on cruise tourism and sustainability issues has evolved over 7 years, which aspects of sustainability are considered to be most important and/or problematic and what solutions are suggested to improve the sustainability of cruise tourism. We develop three critical avenues towards sustainable cruise destinations: 1) from specific outcomes to the interconnectedness of desired practices, 2) alternatives to the growth paradigm, and 3) governing for coexistence and the commons. These critical avenues are based on the discussion of what sustainability means for cruise destinations, and translates these into pathways of future research.

这篇叙述性评论文章通过关注邮轮旅游实践，促进了目的地可持续性的讨论。邮轮旅游是一个复杂的行业，特别是从目的地的角度来看。人们多次呼吁邮轮旅游对目的地来说变得更加可持续，但对于这意味着什么或如何实现这一目标却鲜有共识。本文的目的是回顾有关邮轮旅游目的地的文献，并揭示在目的地层面构建可持续发展问题的方式。我们审阅了 98 篇经过同行评审的实证期刊文章（2015-2022 年）。本文展示了邮轮旅游和可持续发展问题的研究文献在 7 年来的演变，可持续性的哪些方面被认为是最重要和/或有问题的，以及建议采取哪些解决方案来提高邮轮旅游的可持续性。我们开发了实现可持续邮轮目的地的三个关键途径：1）从具体结果到所需实践的相互关联性，2）增长范式的替代方案，以及3）共存和共享的治理。这些关键途径基于对可持续发展对邮轮目的地意味着什么的讨论，并将其转化为未来研究的途径。