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Downtown tourist chaos

The cruise ships are coming, the cruise ships are coming.

And, with them, tens of thousands of visitors to downtown Vancouver over the next two weekends.

About 13,000 people are in the city after three cruise ships hit port at Canada Place Friday morning, CTV News reported.

Those ships are expected to depart later this afternoon.

Two more ships will be docked Saturday and one more Sunday.

This is just a dry run for next weekend when, according to the Port of Vancouver schedule, seven cruise ships will arrive in Vancouver over a three-day period.

About 24,000 people are expected to be released on the downtown area, which could cause heavier than normal traffic volumes, as well as a stretch on public transit and taxis.

More than 800,000 cruise ship passengers are expected to pass through Vancouver this year.

                                                                                                                 – with files from CTV Vancouver



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