Despite the fact that I have crossed the world by ship 3 times (all be it as a child) and when I had a yacht on Sydney Harbour sailed out to sea as often as I could my idea of hell would be being stuck on a cruise ship. I am not keen on holiday resorts either and tend to made my own arrangements on the one occasion I used one in Fiji.

Cruise ships are hugely controversial at Venice and cause untold damage to the relatively closed waters of the Lagoon. Many feel they should be banned from the Lagoon and they also add to the already overcrowded levels of tourism at Venice.

There have also been several accidents with cruise ships that have lost control when manoeuvring in the Lagoon.


Peter

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