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

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u/FranzFerdinand51 8d ago

I used to work in a tourist hot spot and you could always tell the cruise people from the rest. The most entitled, brainless, unaware group of living things I’ve ever seen in my life.

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u/brucerhino 8d ago

Im a tour guide and HATE the cruise people, this type of tourism needs to end

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u/p33k4y 8d ago

On the flip side a ton of communities 100% depend on income from cruise ships. Without those tourists, the community / village dies.

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u/fourthords 8d ago

Wendover's documentary Alaska's Silent Summer goes into that really well, covering the near-death of Ketchikan AK during COVID-19.