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UNWTO and the LMO urge governments to work to enable cruise activities to restart
Renewed calls to designate seafarers as essential workers and to remove obstacles to crew change
November 5, 2020
UNWTO and the IMO recalled that the cruise industry supports 1.2 million jobs and contributes 1.2 million jobs each year with 150 billion dollars to the world economy. The two organizations have also pointed out that the cruise industry is of vital importance for small island states and that the recovery of cruise ship business will benefit also of the wider maritime community, given that the passenger ships participate in the Automated Mutual System assistance and recovery for ships (AMVER) and are often required by rescue coordination centres to offer assistance to ships in distress.
UNWTO and the IMO have also renewed their requests to governments to designate all seafarers and cabin crew as essential workers and to remove any obstacles to the change of the ship's crews.
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