Europe's beautiful city that 'banned' cruises as tourists never stayed more than 3 hours

Since 2019, this beautiful European city has banned more than two ships being able to dock (Image: Getty) In 2018, 8.3 million tourists poured into the beautiful Belgian city of Bruges , a surge of 900,000 from the previous year. Of this figure, six million were day-trippers who only stayed for two to three hours, many from cruise ships which were docked at the city’s Zeebrugge port.

At peak times, visitors outnumbered residents three to one. Bruges became one of the world’s first international tourist destinations in the 19th-century, attracting wealthy British and French holidaymakers. The historic city centre is a prominent UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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