The debate over whether or not cruise ships should be allowed in Venice is long-running. Though the internet was awash with news just months ago about cruise ships being banned, reports have now emerged that ships are still operating in the city. As the BBC reported in APR, “The country’s culture minister said the decision [to ban cruise ships] came in response to a request from UN cultural body UNESCO.” CNN Travel likewise reported that, after months of deliberation, on 31MAR 2021, the Italian government issued a degree that would see cruise ships banned. Yet, bizarrely, just two weeks later, “MSC Cruises announced that the MSC Orchestra would be heading up the Giudecca Canal, gliding past St Mark’s Square and docking in the city-center port on June 5,” CNN Travel also reports. Reports say cruise ships still end up docking in the Giudecca Canal, as they say “the port at Marghera is not ready for them”, the alternate port where ships were supposed to dock following the ban.
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