Seabourne per the article is an 'ultra-luxury' liner for the 'affluent,' and small as cruise ships go, so in the short term it won't be dropping a few thousand families with kids to spread out looking for beach, ATV tours, a zip line, etc...
On the other hand, the Tourism Minister made clear they're actively pursuing the small cruise ship market. The economy will shift so cruise tourism is a larger part of it. That will create economic leverage.
Wonder if it'll ever have the setup Grand Turk does now? At first I thought, hey, small island, maybe it'll stay modest, but then I thought of Grand Turk, which is quite small yet Carnival got ahold of it, and, well...
Richard.
P.S.: We like cruising, but it does have an impact.