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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 1 points 1 year ago (2 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 1 year 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.

[–] regular_human@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Amsterdam? Have you ever read a book?

[–] tallwookie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

do porno mags count?

[–] regular_human@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

clearly not