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Why Two Million Tourists Are Boarding Cruise Ships on a Texas Island
Much of the historic Strand District in Galveston, Texas, is about as tacky as it comes. The 19th-century buildings that line its streets are packed with tequila-shot bars, beach shops and souvenir stands.
On a recent visit during a dreary spring day, they were all doing brisk business, filled with cruise passengers checking out t-shirts that read 'I Don't Get Drunk I Get Awesome!' and 'Shut Up Liver You're Fine.' Just a few hundred feet away were two Carnival Corp. ships, the Dream and Jubilee, looming over the port that they've helped to revitalize into a regional economic force.
