[PHOTO] The HAL Maasdam, docked in Charlottetown (August 2013)

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The Holland America Line's Maasdam was in Charlottetown harbour in late August, docked at the cruise ship dock at 1 Weymouth Street.

The city, and the wider province, have become popular destinations for cruise ship visitors in recent decades, despite criticism from some that the visitors are concentrated in Charlottetown and the arguments of others that cruise-ship tourism prioritizes daytrips over more in-depth visits.



I took this picture of the Maasdam a couple hundred metres to the west of the point where I took my first picture. (Children were posing for their parents, unseen to my left.)