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(Victoria) Harbour authority gets 5 years for shore power, new master plan
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Princess cruises is halting all sailings for 60 days. This will definitely affect the Vancouver/Victoria cruise industry - at least the start of the season.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/12/2...ips-two-months However, many Americans in the 'cruise crowd' are seeing this as an upcoming bargain buying opportunity ... if the price is low enough and they are healthy, they see COVID19 as no more of a concern than all the other bugs that run rampant on ships form time to time - cheap holiday! |
Methinks the only thing worse than the cruise industry and its many negatives (pollution, traffic, garbage, and nil benefit to local businesses) would be the suspension of the cruise industry and its many benefits (in particular, local businesses will suffer terribly).
If for any reason the cruise industry were to start de-emphasizing Victoria as a stop, I bet a donut the critics would then go after the cruise ship refurbishment industry in Esquimalt (which most Victorians -- including the critics -- don't seem to be aware of). |
Ouch - this will kill some of those summer jobs..about 300,000 fewer passengers will dock this season.
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Lest we forget, the vocal cruise critics in Victoria (and elsewhere) insist that the ships bring very little benefit to locals. So I guess we should settle that debate once and for all, right?
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In the long run this might not hurt Vancouver. There is a high probability that we will see the end of the Super cruiseship race and a return to smaller ships which won't have any issue passing under the Lionsgate
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Local Companies that hire (lots and lots) students for the summer tourist season will not be hiring much this spring. All those students will be looking for jobs elsewhere and may have to take on larger student loans next year..,. Maybe an outside chance that US/Canadian visits will remain strong here as people stay closer to home? I think the US makes up >70% of Canada's total foreign visitors (leisure tourists). |
Despite coronavirus outbreaks, cruise ship bookings are up for 2021
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