Having allowed the harbour wall to erode away with the subsequent loss of Condor Ferries to Poole, perhaps the borough council could now redeem itself by not only re-building the Condor berthing facility but extending it to accommodate the smaller cruise liners.

The council could take out a business loan to build it and dredge the access channel, repayable by imposing a levy on visiting vessels.

Customs and Border Agency staff are already in place.

Having disembarked, the eager ‘cruisers’ can step straight into the fortuitously re-sited Tourist Information Centre.

Sit on the sunniest area of the quay and admire the disused railway lines and the rear end of parked cars, with perhaps the added bonus of a trick cyclist somersaulting over the handlebars.

Cross the bridge (if open) to gaze in awe at the decaying, iconic, listed Brewers Quay.

After another short walk for further entertainment they can marvel at the spectacle of motorists negotiating the dangerous ‘kamikaze junction’.

Only a bus ride away they can enter the competition to guess what the blocks of stone growing out of a pond on stainless steel pillars represent.

A day will not be long enough for them to visit all the wonderful attractions Weymouth has to offer visitors.

As the sun sinks behind the gasometer, they will be exhausted from seeing so many wonders, as they re-embark, chattering excitedly of how they can’t wait to tell their friends about this cute little town.

Think of the benefits to hard pressed town centre businesses from the free spending passengers these visiting ships will disgorge.

If impoverished Caribbean Islands, unable to match anything we can offer, can do it, why not Weymouth?

Rodney Best, Doncaster Road, Weymouth