Cannes restricts cruise ships: only one giant a day!

Cannes restricts cruise ships: only one giant a day!

The French city of Cannes has decided to reduce the number of large cruise ships that are allowed in their bay. From 2024, only one ship will be allowed to anchor in the bay every day with more than 3000 passengers. This has a significant impact on the cruise industry and tourism in the region. According to DerStandard this regulation is the answer to the increasing concern for environmental pollution and the quality of life of the residents.

A total of a maximum of 34 large cruise ships per year in the Bay of Cannes may be in front of anchor, whereby this value will be reduced to 31 ships per year by 2027. This shows a clear trend towards stronger regulation of cruise traffic in order to make tourism more sustainable. The upper limit for the total number of cruise passengers is set at 6000 per day, which is a significant reduction by almost 50 percent compared to the current circumstances.

new regulations and their effects

Another important point of the new regulations is that two cruise ships are never allowed to anchor in the bay at the same time. This measure should not only protect the environment, but also reduce the logistical effort for the care of passengers. The large ships currently create about 300 meters off the coast, and the passengers are then brought ashore by ferries. This practice causes additional traffic and represents a challenge for the infrastructure.

The cruise industry association Clia has already criticized the new provisions as an unjustified restriction of the industry because cruises play an important role in the economic vitality of port cities. Nevertheless, environmental protection reasons remain a central argument for Cannes, especially with the long -term goal, only to create ships with a maximum of 1300 passengers off its coast by around 2030, as from the information from Travelews emerged.

The new regulation will therefore have a significant impact on tourism on the French Riviera, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors, including cruise guests every year. Cannes shows that it is ready to take radical steps to protect the balance between economic interests and environmental protection.