It’s unknown how deeply the spreading viral disease will cut into an industry that brings about 400,000 passengers and $29 million in spending to Maine every spring and fall.
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Hurricane Dorian forces cruise ship detours to Portland
Two ships with a combined capacity of 2,700 find safe harbor in the city.
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Cruise ship spending lower than first reported
A new study estimates each passenger spends under $62 in Maine, down from previous reports that estimated per passenger spending at $110.
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Cruise passengers like Maine and spend about $70 each, new survey shows
The first-time, state-funded survey took the pulse of Maine’s growing number of cruise passengers.
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Maine expects another record year for cruise ships
The state’s 12 cruise ship ports are expected to see 658,000 cruise passengers and crew this year.
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Cruise ships trigger identity crisis for a small city
Last of three parts ROCKLAND — If there was any doubt that the future of cruise ships has become a huge issue in this midcoast city of 7,200, it was dispelled one May night at City Hall. A citizens group unfurled a printout of people who had signed an online petition calling for a 180-day […]
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Lone Portland passenger study made assumptions, overestimated economic impact
Cruise ship passengers likely spend far less in Portland than generally thought. That’s because some overly optimistic assumptions have been made of the only scholarly passenger study focused on the issue. The 2009 study by University of Maine economists Todd Gabe and James McConnon concluded that the average passenger visiting Portland spent as much as […]
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Long-touted economic benefits of cruise ships far overstated
Second of three parts When the Maasdam, Grandeur of the Seas and Victory I docked nearly simultaneously in Portland on Mother’s Day morning, eastern Commercial Street was a hive of activity. Together the cruise ships had nearly 2,700 passengers aboard. By standard accounting, they supposedly spent a total of nearly $300,000 that day eating, drinking, […]
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Some in Maine fear cruise ship tourism has gone overboard
First of three parts BAR HARBOR — Twenty years ago, Valerie Peacock was assistant harbormaster here and the arrival of a cruise ship was a novel event. A great passenger liner would drop anchor, and locals hanging around the town pier – adults reading the paper, kids with bicycles, teens jigging for pollock – would […]
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More than 400 cruise ships and 265,000 passengers due to visit Maine in 2014
PORTLAND — The number of cruise ship passengers visiting Maine ports is set to rise again this year, reflecting a surge in visits from new vessels and added stops in Eastport and midcoast destinations. Figures tabulated by the group CruiseMaine indicate the number of cruise ship visits to Maine ports will top 400 for the […]