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Cruise ships and port referendum

1 million cruise passengers arrive in first 11 months of 2023

Cruise tourism arrivals in Cayman have surpassed 1 million passengers this year, for the first time since the pandemic, tourism officials have announced.

Government mulls capping post-COVID cruise numbers

Once Cayman's borders reopen, the islands are unlikely to welcome back the large numbers of cruise tourists seen in recent years, and if cruise ships do return, numbers are likely to be capped, Premier Alden McLaughlin stated on Tuesday.
Tender boats transfer passengers from the Costa Luminosa on 29 Feb. in Spotts, Grand Cayman.

Ship connected to COVID-19 cases in Cayman, Puerto Rico

Carnival’s Costa Luminosa, operated by Costa Crociere, has left a trail of alarm and, in several Caribbean and European countries, patients sick with coronavirus. So far, the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Cayman Islands and Puerto Rico have been connected to the ship.

Too many tourists in Cayman

Our family first came to Grand Cayman in 1983 and over the years have been maybe eight or nine other times. Our last trip...

EDITORIAL – Petition organizers: Why the reluctance to share your numbers?

Why, nearly six months into the effort, will organizers of a petition drive to force a cruise port referendum not reveal how many signatures they have collected?

EDITORIAL – Put us down for ‘being bullish’ on the Brac

The government is exploring the potential of constructing a cruise dock on Cayman Brac to boost tourism and, by extension, the economy on that island. It might very well be a port we could support.

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