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Princess Cruising => Princess News & General Princess Chatter => Topic started by: Host Mike on April 19, 2024, 05:28:30 PM

Title: Iceland town to limit the number of cruise visitors
Post by: Host Mike on April 19, 2024, 05:28:30 PM

"Isafjordur, a town in Iceland’s northwest Westfjords region, has become popular with tourists who want to see fjords or mountains.

The town has said it expects to see 255,000 cruise passengers a year but has introduced some limits."

"Under a new cruise policy, the town will limit the number of visitors who can travel each day and will be capped at 5,000 passengers.

Isafjordur will also ban the tradition of blowing the horn when leaving or entering the Westfjords port."

https://www.express.co.uk/travel/cruise/1890070/cruise-limits-passengers-iceland

(https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/135/940x/secondary/Isafjordur-5328536.avif?r=1713513759999)

Title: Re: Iceland town to limit the number of cruise visitors
Post by: RichC on April 20, 2024, 07:45:30 AM

This seems to be a growing trend in many ports these days.

Here in Florida we get numerous snowbirds from up north (Canada, upper US and even Germany) every year for about 5 months beginning in Nov through April.
Our economy seems to thrive on it although I don't see the benefit directly.
We manage to adjust our schedules very nicely but it is more peaceful during our summer season.