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Article: STRUGGLING GLOUCESTER EYES CRUISE TOURISM
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2004
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GLOUCESTER Captain Vito's Seafood sold lobster until there was no
more. "Cape Pond Ice" T-shirts, famously worn in "The Perfect Storm,"
flew off the company's shelves. Middle-aged couples from Middle
America took pictures and swigged beers beside fishermen at the
Crow's Nest.
The visitors who poured off cruise ships that made six stops this
year in the country's oldest working port were captivated by the
city's authenticity as a fishing city. They liked the smell of fresh
fish that lay heavily across the wharf as they disembarked, just a
few feet from the dock where fishermen repair their nets.
For a few days this year, Gloucester tried on a new role: featured
port on the cruise ship ...