Im curious why cities don't try to capture more of the value?
- Impose massive docking fees, cheaper cruises need to anchor far away and ferry in.
- Force passengers to buy vouchers that can only be used in that city on that date.
- Impose massive docking fees, cheaper cruises need to anchor far away and ferry in.
- Force passengers to buy vouchers that can only be used in that city on that date.
The cruise ship operators docked nearby and chartered busses. Or they used smaller boats to circumvent the law:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/25/cruise-passeng...
You could prevent Alaska and Norway cruises, and a bunch of others that are mostly one country, but there are lots of other countries for those ships to go to.