Cathy Adams

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Today with David McCullagh · A blessing or a burden: Is the cruise industry responsible for overtourism? · 2 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah, you're absolutely right.

And look, I think it says quite a lot of that.

I haven't actually left the ship yet.

You know, I could have got off at seven o'clock this morning, but I wanted to have breakfast.

I want to get back on for my lunch.

I do want to have a wander around.

But I mean, in reality, I'm only going to be spending maybe 10, 20 euro.

Although I do have to defend the cruise industry here.

I write a lot about cruises.

You know, I'm currently on the biggest cruise ship in the world.

And I really do enjoy going on these big cruise ships as well.

But the industry is under a lot of scrutiny and the Cruise Lines International Association, that's the kind of industry body, their argument actually is that people, when they do get off at these destinations, they do spend quite a lot of money.

I think the average is something like £100,000.

per day, that's figures from them.

So cruise passengers, they aren't getting off and just kind of wandering around.

Some are, obviously, but others are actually spending a fair, you know, a decent amount of money.

And cruises bring in a lot to our local economy as per Tenerife.

Yes, absolutely.

And, you know, cruise lines have tried to get around that problem by docking for a lot longer.

You know, some cruise lines will actually let you stay overnight in a destination, which I think is a really good idea and also a way of sort of paying back into that destination as well.

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