Holiday hotspot makes move to ban cruise ships in attempt to fight ‘overtourism’
Municipal Assembly members, Cannes’ın giant cruise ships carrying more than 1000 passengers will not launch the red carpet announced.
Since next year, the French Riviera city, known for its best eye -catching film festival, will make a movement aimed at protecting the excessive vaccine and coastline.
It is followed by other European hot points that prohibit large shirts from the shores and apply passenger restrictions.
Cannes City Council Members voted to bring new limits on cruise ships entering their ports since January 2026 on Friday.
Ships with only 1,000 passengers will be allowed to the harbor and a maximum of 6,000 passengers will land a day.
Larger ships are expected to transfer passengers to smaller boats to enter Cannes. The Council said that the aim is to have cruise ships ‘less, less large, less pollutants and more aesthetics’.
Mayor David Lisnard said: ‘Cannes has become a great passenger ship destination with real economic benefits. This is not about prohibiting cruise ships, but to identify, regulate, regulate rules for navigations. ‘
Last year, about 100 million visitors, more than other European countries and more than the population of the country, France is on the front of the efforts to balance the economic benefits of tourism with environmental concerns while managing the growing crowds.
Cannes will no longer launch the red carpet for giant cruise ships carrying more than 1,000 passengers.
Cannes City Council Members voted to bring new limits on cruise ships entering their ports since January 2026 on Friday.
A large passenger ship in front of the beach in the Gulf of Cannes
The small city hosts approximately three million tourists on the shores every year
Neighbor Nice City announced borders on the cruising ships that will start on July 1. He banned the large primer in Venice in 2021, then in 2023 Amsterdam and Barcelona.
He called such restrictions for cruise operators, destinations and passengers.
The two passenger ships are planned to be placed in Cannes yesterday, each larger than 1,000 passenger border and has a united capacity of more than 7,000 people. The owners did not respond immediately to their requests for comments on new restrictions.
The French city crowned the world’s best destination for festivals and events by World Travel Awards, which were accepted as ‘Tourism Oscars’ in 2023 and 2022.
The city welcomes approximately three million tourists every year with about 10 percent of those who come to Cannes for the iconic Film Festival.
The city itself has a population of approximately 75,000, but every year it attracts a large number for the festival.
