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re: Key West to ban most cruise ships
Posted on 11/10/20 at 1:03 pm to Jp1LSU
Posted on 11/10/20 at 1:03 pm to Jp1LSU
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The city passed the budget for next year without having to raise taxes but they will have to next year. They cut nine police officer positions and made lots of other budget cuts.
The city would collect $10.50 for every passenger on the boat. With over 950k passengers that is quite a lot of money.
Sure, it's a lot of money. But bigger, more, is not the path that the 24/7 citizens of Key West want to pursue. If they've got to shrink services, so be it. They knew the economic impact when they voted for the changes.
All economic growth is not progress. Over-tourism destroys the charming fabric of a place that attracts people in the first place. Places like Santorini and Venice have become ridiculous caricatures of their former selves....
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Posted on 11/11/20 at 10:52 am to hungryone
Over-tourism has become a problem. Part of it is the worlds middle class has grown. In 2019 over 1 billion people traveled internationally. Twenty years ago people didn’t have the resources to do such a thing. I was in Italy in 2019 and the cruise ship travel there is a problem. They put to much pressure on an already crowded place. The bus tours coming from all over were equally as bad in some places.
Still it was the part time residents of Key West who sunk the cruise ships. The people who live and work in KW, who have skin in the game were against it.
Still it was the part time residents of Key West who sunk the cruise ships. The people who live and work in KW, who have skin in the game were against it.
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