• saigot@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    It’s kinda insane how many cruises there are that don’t even really make any stops. Just giant inefficient hotels. I feel like there has got to be a set of incentives to get rid of the majority of these a hotel with a no phone policy would replace 90% of the appeal.

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      1 year ago

      Cruises have two major benefits (for the owner) over resorts:

      1. Their workers are half a step up from indentured servants.
      2. Land is expensive.

      There are cleaner fuels available, but they cost more, so it’s only used when not in international waters as mandated by the government of wherever they’re going. Until we, as a worldwide collective, agree to stop selling and using bunker fuel, there’s not a lot that can be done, because cruise ships are basically free money for their owners.