Cruise Tourism, USA - January 2005

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January 2005
Alaska's sleepy fishing villages are being overwhelmed by hordes of cruise ship tourists. The sheer size of the invasion is creating unease amongst locals.

The Alaskan town of Skagway all but died when the gold rush ended 100 years ago. "Unemployment was over 55%, the railroad had closed down and people were just down on their luck," recalls resident Buckwheat Donoghue. But today things are very different. The town has a new lease of life and has been revived by tourism. In summer, tourists out number residents here by nine to one. While locals welcome the tourist dollars, there's growing concern about the environmental pollution they bring. "The ships generate thousands of gallons of waste and tonnes of garbage," complains environmentalist Gershon Cohen. Others fear the character of their home towns are being destroyed. Now there are calls for a strict limit to be imposed on cruise ships.

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[WellIAMScottish]

@493175001 And these are the ones who actually got out of their motor chairs and decided to travel. If you really want to see the extremes we take our weight to see Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana...

[493175001]

God damn americans are fat.

[Timx4]

@akeffo nop they are for people who mde millions

[akeffo]

Cruise ships are for lazy dopes.

[mrzack888]

@Yesica1993 yeah, no.

[Yesica1993]

@mrzack888 Do you have even the slightest comprehension of what I said, or why? Or are you so ignorant that you cannot grasp it?

[mrzack888]

@Yesica1993 no, no, after you, please, i insist.

[Yesica1993]

@mrzack888 You first!

[meringandan]

@damania Only did one cruise to Papua New Guinea on a soviet ship out of Sydney Australia never again you didn't get a true feel for the places you visited mostly old people or young people only interested in getting drunk and laid.

[tkodawg1]

I like to Poop