Significant losses for the local economy

Local tourism professionals fear a drop in attendance that could affect hotels, restaurants and businesses, even though Christian Estrosi describes passengers on large cruise ships as "low-cost" customers , going so far as to accuse them of " consuming nothing" while "leaving their waste behind them".

This point of view is contested by the Union Maritime 06, an association that brings together all the professional maritime sectors in the Alpes-Maritimes and Monaco, and which puts forward " 10 million euros per year in direct and indirect benefits ".

Martin (United Kingdom)