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Several cruise ship companies, including MSC, Costa Cruceros, Royal Caribbean, Carnival (Aida) and TUI won’t be stopping in Palma in the immediate future, they are diverting their ships to Turkey, Greece, Egypt and Israel instead, according to Alfredo Serrano, Director of the International Association of Cruise Lines. Serrano says the Spanish Government’s decision not to allow international ships to dock has forced them to reschedule. Ships can t come to the Balearic Islands and other Spanish destinations and as a result of that the shipping companies have made a decision to sail in the eastern Mediterranean,” he said. The shipping companies have also created some new routes, including Israel-Cyprus-Greece and Red Sea cruises and

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