Apparently, despite the massive tourism problems that have been caused by the giant oil spill, the cruise industry has remain pretty much unaffected. In fact, the managing editor of a cruise site went on to confirm these reports.

Although there are some beach destinations in the gulf region that have experienced some problems due to the oil spill, the cruise industry has found other ways to deal with it. Melissa Paloti, the managing editor at CruiseCritic.com, which is a website that is known for checking in daily with all the cruise lines running ships in the region, said that the cruise impact has been nil so far.

A spokeswoman for the Cruise Lines International Association, Lanie Fagan, said that there have have been no ships requiring deviations or changes to itineraries due to the oil spill. This is good news since the Cruise Lines International Association represents about 97 percent of the cruise capacity in North America.

A well known cruise line, Carnival Cruise Lines, said in a statement that its captains may make a slight course alternation as necessary to avoid the most heavily impacted spill areas. Besides that, however, the cruise line remains pretty much unaffected.

Despite this, Carnival Cruise Lines, which does sail ships from New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, said that they do inspect their ship hulls for oil residue. Either way, the cruise line did say that they are not anticipating any interruptions to their normal cruise schedules due to the oil spill.
This is good news for the cruise industry, but it still does not change the fact that other parts of the tourism industry are still suffering. Hotels and other tourism groups in spots around the gulf coast have seen tons of cancellations due to fear over the oil spill and how it affects the beaches.