No port of call: coronavirus may sink the cruise industry

The Intelligence from The Economist

• Episode: No port of call: coronavirus may sink the cruise industry
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• Duration: 00:21:43
• Published: 2020-04-02 12:33

Cruise ships had been enjoying a golden era—until covid-19 came along. The pandemic has been a catastrophe for the industry. Stranded passengers have taken ill and even died, ships have been banned from ports, and revenue has collapsed. But lawmakers are unlikely to bail it out. In Sweden, daily life has been pretty normal, despite the coronavirus, but can that continue? And we report on Dutch disease—the language’s unusual affinity for poxy swear words.

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