Tourist cruises are described as true floating cities, loaded with thousands of passengers, becoming a new attraction for vacations. However, they are also the source of multiple environmental impacts, increasingly better documented and more concerning.
The size of these vessels keeps increasing. A specialized study revealed that cruises have doubled in size since the year 2000, showing a truly impressive evolution.
According to the projections of this study, by 2050 cruises will be eight times larger than the Titanic, evidencing a continuous and accelerated growth trend in the sector.
This exponential growth raises growing concerns about the environmental effects of these mega-vessels, whose impacts are being increasingly studied and documented by the scientific community.
