The environmental costs of the sector are incalculable due to the cruise industry it is, in general terms, an unregulated activity. Furthermore, it is difficult to gauge widely its impacts, despite enforcing environmental standards for the industry. One US-based civil society group, Bluewater, describes cruise ships, which can carry as much as 5,000 passengers and crew, as ‘floating cities’ producing large volumes of waste. Table 9 resumes the different types of waste and damage produced by a typical ship of 3000 passengers. All of them are included in the Protocol 1978 known as MARPOL 73/78 (Copeland, 2008). These environmental impacts are mainly generated in coastal areas close to the busiest port destinations, including Miami, Nassau, Alaska, Cozumel, among others.
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