Associations which comprise the platform against mega-cruise ships have sent a letter to the president (speaker) of the Balearic parliament, Vicenç Thomas, and called for measures to be adopted because of the "imminent" arrival of cruise ships in Palma. Considering the ships to pose a potential health risk, the platform insists that decisions regarding a reactivation of cruise tourism should be taken by the Balearic parliament and government and not by the Balearic Ports Authority (APB) and "multinational cruise companies".
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"Imminent arrival" of cruise ships poses risk
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Imminent? I seriously doubt it. ( I hope). Anyone who’d go on one of those things needs a major psychiatric assessment as well a full Covid test, plus salmonella and noravirus. Then lock them up anyway because they MUST BE BARKING but not DISEMBARKING! ;)
Frankly, I would think twice before making uneducated statements like the above. First of all Cruise ships have the worlds most stringed sanitation protocols. Post COVID-19 they are elevated even further. Medical surveillance and contact tracing is hospitality industry leading. It's nice to make cruise industry who brings millions to the local economy a scape goat. Redirect your focus to the booze holidays in Magaluf and Arenal where you have sub standard hotels, sub standard bars and sub standard sanitation. Once this is done, then talk about cruise lines.