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Communities Fight Back

Key West (shown in the image), Charleston, Venice, Barcelona, Sitka, Juneau, Seattle, Amsterdam, Monterey Bay, Marseille, Bar Harbor, Bergen, and other cities all have the same tragic story. The cruise industry exploited these communities to the breaking point and now they are fighting back.

Learn about the impacted communities around the world

  • A Warning Letter from Charleston, SC
  • A Warning Letter from Juneau, Alaska
  • Preserve Yorktown Statement on Responsible Cruise Ship Tourism
  • Limiting Cruise Ships - Photos
  • Cruise Ship Invasion (Seattle)
  • Port Community Impacts
  • Bar Harbor Votes to Dramatically Limit Cruise Passenger Arrivals
  • Judge allows Bar Harbor to limit Cruises
  • Protests Greet Cruise Ships at Key West
  • Small Island Fights Back
  • Yorktown Residents Push Back on Cruise Ship Visits
  • WSJ: Cities to Cruise Ships: You’re Bringing Too Many Tourists Here
  • WSJ: How Many are Too Many?
  • Sitka, Alaska Proposes to Limit Cruise Visitors
  • Sitka and Juneau Resident Propose Cruise Ship Limits
  • Another Port May Begin Limiting Cruise Ship Visits
  • European Cities Banning Giant Ships
  • Amsterdam Makes Huge Move and Bans Cruise Ships
  • Key West Doesn't Want Your Big Cruise Ships
  • Juneau and Cruise Lines Agree to Limit Cruise Ships
  • Norway Set to Introduce More Restrictions on Cruise Ships
  • Amsterdam Took a Major Step Toward Banning Cruises
  • Global Impacts of the Cruise Industry
  • Alaskans Choose Sides
  • Venice Artist Fights Back
  • Stop Disney in the Bahamas
  • Reason to Not Cruise

growth for profit not people

Sitka, Alaska Cruise Ship Passenger Growth

Examples of Port Cities Fighting Back

  The graph (left) now goes off the page. Sitka, a remote community in Alaska, now has over 560,000 tourists per year. The citizens voted down a cruise ship pier and the industry side-stepped the community and built a private pier - this also happened in Key West. Bar Harbor, Maine recently passed a law limiting tourism to 1000 passenger/day and have been fighting costly court challenges. These port cities are just 3 examples of the cruise industry putting profits ahead of the will of the local community. In a Sitka survey 63% of respondents said the cruise industry negatively impacted their lives. Both cities are fighting to limit the industry but have not yet been successful. In all three cities the fight continues. 


In Yorktown, Virginia, the cruise industry lobbied local government and Commonwealth legislators outside of the public eye for funding for a cruise ship pier.  After finding out, residents fought back through town educational meetings, website, and a petition. 


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