 The Globe and Mail, Canada
A revolt is growing in the Caribbean over increasingly massive cruise ships disgorging thousands of passengers who swamp beach towns, buy perhaps a soda and a few trinkets, and re-embark a few hours later.
Mexico's government is considering charging the country's first per-passenger cruise tax, while beach towns that no longer want to serve as a mere backdrop for the $15-billion (all amounts in U.S. dollars) cruise industry are beginning to say no to the big ships.
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