Huge cruise ship row erupts in beautiful city loved by British tourists

A furious row over cruise ships has erupted in a popular city where scores of British tourists flock to every year. Cruise ships are back in the bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer near Nice in France for the summer, bringing with them plenty of noise and pollution.

Tourists regularly flock to the area but a row has now erupted, with some demanding more regulation on the ships that fill the bay.

In a letter to Christian Estrosi, the president of the Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur, environmentalist-elected officials demanded a moratorium on these cruise ships.

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