France, July 15 -- A French court has suspended a measure made by the mayor of Nice to limit the number of large cruise ships from docking in its port, aiming to tackle pollution and overtourism.

Mayor Christian Estrosi issued a municipal order on 9 July to ban cruise ships carrying more than 450 passengers in Nice and limiting the number of ships carrying more than 2,500 passengers in the Villefranche-sur-Mer bay to 65 per year and no more than one per day.

Estrosicited "the climate emergency, the protection of marine biodiversity, the promotion of sensible tourism and the protection of (our) heritage".

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