Bar Harbor, Maine serves as a popular jumping off point for both Acadia National Park and cruises to Canada.

By Alison Fox Travel Leisure

A tourist destination in Maine voted this week to severely curtail cruise visitors, limiting disembarking passengers to no more than 1,000 people each day. 

The town of Bar Harbor approved a citizen’s petition on Tuesday, called Article 3, which caps daily disembarking cruise visitors (including both passengers and crew) to no more than 1,000 people total, CruiseMaine told Travel + Leisure. The vote passed by more than 58%, according to the town.

The new rule does not apply to ships that were booked before July 18, 2021.

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