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Cruise ship industry poised for comeback, but are they safe?
Cruise ship industry poised for comeback, but are they safe? By Ben Gutierrez | April 22, 2021 at 9:31 PM HST - Updated April 22 at 10:16 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A year after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control shut down cruise ships because of COVID, officials say the industry is ready to resume with strict guidelines to control the virus. But is it safe to do so?
“The cruise industry is about 30% of our revenue, so that has taken a big hit,” said Amy Cornforth, co-owner of Captain Zodiac.
The tour company has been heavily dependent on the ships that brought nearly 200,000 visitors to Kona in 2019, the year before the pandemic.