Another casualty will be the economies of the Caribbean islands that depend immensely on the cruise industry. When I was in St. Maarten some years ago, there were 6 ships in port on the same day with a total of about 20,000 passengers (and thousands of crew, some of whom get shore-leave at each port of call). St. Maarten has only about 40,000 people. They hit around 2 million cruise passenger visits during their season. If the industry doesn’t rebound before the 2021 cruise season, there will be a massive depression in these small places.
The decline of the cruise industry will affect plenty of people with collateral damage, including us Americans.
Think of all the workers at our American ports dealing directly with cruise ships.
The travel agencies that book trips, the airlines that transport cruisers, the hotels and restaurants that accommodate cruise passengers before and after cruise trips. The cities that collect large dockage fees, etc.
Plenty of jobs to be lost there. -Tom