Recent protests in ports of call like Venice and Barcelona against disturbances created by cruise ships show the unfortunate consequences of emphasizing quantity over quality in tourism.
Two of those have lost the faith of markets; America will be the first port of call for anxious investors for as long as it remains the world's main reserve currency.
This is an important port of call in the Pacific, where all the mail–steamers, and those carrying travellers between North America, China, Japan, and the Oriental islands put in.
Maybe throughout the day we have several different errands, and maybe you went to the post office and you say, well, my next port of call is the grocery store.
So David was always my first port of call and also you know he'd go back up to his room and if he comes down within the hour for another bite I know I'm on to a winner.
If you take a cruise ship around the Mediterranean, the sea between Africa and Europe, you could go to many different ports of call – many different places you could stop and visit.
Barcelona's port is also close to the city center, and that's a contrast to ports of call in, say, Asia, where cruise ships often dock further away from popular tourist attractions.