Gregory's Server@planeth They affect cities. A lot of the stores in Ketchikan exist solely for the cruiseships(we saw 6 jewelry stores on the same street). Such businesses belong to people who don't live in Ketchikan, they employ people who don't live there either... it doesn't benefit locals at all, it destroys the culture of a place.
Have you noticed such an effect in Brittany?
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@rek in Brittany, not yet. But I know it affects a lot of place in mediterrannée. And don't get me started about the massive pollution and destruction they generate. In Venise the council has put a ban on massive cruise ship as their wake wave is distroying the old buildings.
Loosely related, is Ketchikan the farthest north you went ? I stopped following your trip when we sailed off in june.