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How Carnival Grapples With Cruise Overtourism and Sustainability

Andrew Sheivachman

Photo Credit: Arnold Donald (left), president and CEO of Carnival Corporation, speaking at Skift Global Forum on September 18, 2019, in New York City.  Skift / Jon Nichols

Skift Take

A little bit of cognitive dissonance going on here​?​ ​Carnival CEO Arnold Donald ​talked up the cruise line's obligation to its customers while explaining away a $20 million penalty it paid with the U.S. government for secret illegal pollution.

Global cruise lines have been on the frontline of worldwide discussions about the impact of travel on locals communities and the environment. Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corp., stressed at Skift Global Forum 2019 in New York City on Wednesday that cruise lines have a minor impact on increased tourism around the world despite the strong focus on the sector's role in particularly vulnerable port cities. "We go to small places, like Half Moon Cay, we go to

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