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  Foreign tourists embarking on cruises at British ports risk being left behind if Brexit leads to longer airport queues, the head of a leading UK cruise provider has warned.
  David Dingle, the chairman of Carnival UK, said many international cruise passengers enter the UK at an airport before joining their ship.
  But as cruise liners run on tight schedules, he feared that the ships may not be able to wait for passengers trapped in long queues for passport checks at the border.
  "Long immigration queues at British passports are anathema to us - the hotel may still be there four hours later, the but the ship will have to sail," Mr Dingle said. 
  The cruise line chief, whose Carnival firm operates P&O Cruises, also said it was crucial that ports continued to offer easy access for tourists.  
  
  
  "We need government to recognise both our needs and our opportunities as Brexit approaches," he said at a conference hosted by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).
  "Crucially, we must now allow any excessive zeal in limiting entry into this country to affect the smooth processing of cruise customers "

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