It’s not only about the pollution: Cruise ships are also bad for cities as cities. A cruise ship will vomit 5000 people into your city center. Most european city centers are quite small, so 2-3 cruise ships will totally overcrowd the city. People might buy some tourist shit, but they will get their breakfast & dinner on the cruise ship. That’s bad for local restaurants. They will not stay overnight, which is bad for local businesses, hotels etc. And they will push out other tourist, because who wants to stay in Dubrovnik when the experience is like this?
It really does make sense for cities to ban cruise ships and advocate other types of tourism, where the tourists are “doing” more for the local economy.
Schlimm diese Cancel Culture! Nichts darf man mehr!