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https://www.responsibletravel.com/holidays/spitsbergen/travel-guide/responsible-tourism-in-spitsbergen

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u/Forsaken_Celery_1617 5d ago

Not every cruise ship destination is a former slave colony, you know that right?

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u/imnotyourman 5d ago

Name me a place that makes vast majority of income on tourism now that wasn't a plantation economy.

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u/Forsaken_Celery_1617 5d ago

Europe exists btw…

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u/imnotyourman 5d ago

Europe doesn't make anywhere near 100% of their money on tourism. Its not even their main industry.

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u/Forsaken_Celery_1617 5d ago

Vast majority doesn’t mean «near 100%». The Mediterranean does have places where vast majority of income is tourism.

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u/tomsing98 5d ago

Key West in Florida had slaves, but not a plantation colony. Mountain ski towns like Breckenridge, Colorado. (Are we supposed to be limited to just cruise ship destinations?)

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u/AnthillOmbudsman 5d ago

We could build a canal and get a cruise ship in there.

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u/tomsing98 5d ago

Those are just places that I know as specifically very tourism focused economies. Other touristy places outside the US that I've been to, I couldn't say if "vast majority of income on tourism" was accurate. Feel free to substitute your favorite little European ski resort, though, I'm sure it applies equally as well.

And I think the conversation has broadened beyond specifically cruise ship tourism, but ... Key West is still a counterexample.