No cruise ship cheer for Cape Town tourism amid Omicron alarm

The docking of the Europa passenger liner in Cape Town on Tuesday was meant to be a ribbon-cutting celebration marking the official start of the cruise ship season in South Africa's top tourist hub, the first since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. But international travel curbs on southern Africa, where the new Omicron variant was first identified, have blown expectations of a bumper tourist season out of the water.

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