PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 7, 2022
Massive cruise ships will return to Maine ports this summer after a two-year hiatus, but it’s unclear whether communities are ready to welcome them back. Cruise lines are scheduled to call on nine Maine ports this year. About 95 ships are destined for Portland in 2022. Roughly 175 ships have scheduled stops in Bar Harbor. Maine’s tourism industry had a near-record-breaking year in 2021 without the cruise market, which critics say offers a negligible economic benefit to the state.