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Amsterdam bans cruise ships to limit visitors and curb pollution (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

what percentage of the port cities economy that the cruise ships stop at is driven by the cruise ship passengers? might be a net bad thing

[–] philluminati@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

So allegedly cruise tourists eat all meals on board the boat since it’s free as well as sleep there, so they spend very little compared to other tourists.

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