French Riviera city Villefranche-sur-mer can even ban bigger cruise ships, beneath the identical decree that may see neighbouring Good flip away ships carrying greater than 900-guests.
There are virtually 90 cruise calls scheduled at Villefrancg-sur-mer in 2025, with French newspaper Le Monda mentioning that two-thirds are from ships that carry greater than 900 passengers.
The decree, signed by Good Mayor Christian Estrosi on 24 January, will see the measure – designed to deal with overtourism – kick in on 1 July. Whereas the mayor lacks the authority to ban cruise ships from visiting, the brand new decree will cease passengers from bigger ships from disembarking by way of tender.
Good can also be exploring the addition of shore energy so vessels can change off their engines whereas in port.
In the meantime, business physique CLIA reacted to the ban, indicating its shock at such a measure given no giant ships are scheduled to name at Good this 12 months. Of the 124 calls which are scheduled on the port, all are ships carrying fewer than 900 passengers, it stated.
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