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Bar Harborites concerned that more - or fewer - visitors will be coming in 2018
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05 January 2018 (Edited )

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Posted 06 January 2018:

Dilemma is: which is the bigger threat, the influx of 185,000 (2017 figure) cruise-ship passengers ruining the town and Acadia National Park, or the potential drying up of drive-market tourism when the park fees are raised nearly 3X next year?

Stay tuned.

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