Overview
- Cannes City Council voted on June 29–30 to ban cruise vessels carrying more than 1,000 passengers from its harbor.
- The new restrictions take effect January 1, 2026, and require larger ships to ferry visitors ashore aboard smaller boats.
- Two cruise liners with a combined capacity exceeding 7,000 passengers were scheduled to dock in Cannes before the rule begins.
- Cannes joins Venice, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Nice in imposing limits to curb overtourism and reduce environmental impacts.
- Cruise operators have warned the regulations could disrupt port operations and inconvenience travelers.