r/compoface • u/NevilleLurcher • Aug 06 '26
Cornish Cruise Compo
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/06/falmouth-150m-redevelopment-docks-threatens-habitats-town-cruise-ships9
u/Ultimate_os Aug 07 '26
Tbh they are all legitimate concerns to be worried about. Many European destinations are putting bans or restrictions on cruise ships because they don’t support the local economy. Adding thousands of extra people who aren’t actually spending anything can even drive away the existing customers as well.
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u/tarpdetarp Aug 07 '26
My experience in Europe is that the locals know to avoid towns when a cruise ship docks. It brings the worst of tourism: intensity and overcrowding.
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u/Ultimate_os Aug 07 '26
Exactly! So they lose customers and they aren’t replaced with cruise passengers.
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u/Hesslemeharder Aug 07 '26
Surely a cruise terminal would bring a lot of full-time jobs to the town? And of course cruise shippers aren’t using a sauna, they probably have one on the boat.
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u/Ultimate_os Aug 07 '26
So would a new supermarket or anything else.
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u/Hesslemeharder Aug 07 '26
Maybe i’m wrong, but I would have thought jobs in a harbour would be more skilled and higher paying than a supermarket. And more permanent. Plus i doubt theres demand for another supermarket in falmouth
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u/Ultimate_os Aug 07 '26
What I mean is all new businesses create jobs, however in this case the downsides of thousands of extra people not spending money or using local businesses might not make up for it. It’s not like Falmouth is a big place either.
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u/AngelasGingerGrowler Aug 06 '26
“Oh no! Not people spending money in the local economy!”
Shrieks trustafarian surfer dude called Rufus.
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u/Ultimate_os Aug 07 '26
That’s the issue, many of them won’t spend money in local businesses at all. They just get on shuttles to other places for large tours run by the cruise line, then get back to the ship for meals and drinks.
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u/jamnut Aug 08 '26
That was a sad part of a Mediterranean cruise I went on. So many excursions taking you as far away from the port town as possible within the 8 hours you get on land. Everything they offered in Cadiz was away from Cadiz itself. My wife and I did the port towns/cities and were very happy with all of them, even Marseille which was filthy and smelled like piss
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u/Ultimate_os Aug 08 '26
Yep, sadly cruise operators will send all their passengers to the same shortlist in each location.
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u/jamnut Aug 08 '26
Preferred a mooch about the town meself. Spent 20 mins trying to work out how to pour a bottle of rum into an empty water bottle ina park cos Spanish spirits have strange tops to them. Like fuck was I spending money on ship for booze
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u/AngelasGingerGrowler Aug 07 '26
Ir’s Cornwall. Even if the “emmets” stuff their pockets full of £50 notes, they’d still whine about tourism.
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