Cruise ships: Blessing or blight?

Are cruise ships a blessing or a blight?

Why?

Your correspondent put these simple questions about cruise ships to “GT’s” diverse network of travel & tourism stakeholders — “GT” Insight authors, “GT” Partners, and their invitees — and requested written responses of no more than 300 words.

Thanks to those who chose to participate. Their answers appear in the order received.

Click/touch a name to go to their answer:

• Saverio F Bertolucci — A blight for residents. A blessing for travellers.
• Zohreh Khosravi — ‘Cruising has nothing in common with sustainable tourism’
• Greg Bakunzi — Value, fun, socialisation, and economic benefits
• Susan Eardly — Can a blight be turned into a blessing?
• Herb Hiller — ‘We can’t afford to remain ignorant about what we must protect’
• Steve Noakes — The good, the bad, and the ugly
• Jim Butcher — ‘Faux radical critique’ and ‘condescension’ undeserved
• Dominic Standish — Cruising has been unfairly demonised but can be improved
• Richard A Shepard — ‘Cruise ships are not going away, but they should’
• ChatGPT — The debate is ‘multifaceted’
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