The luxury boat isn't a cruise liner, although it may have looked like one. It is actually home to a number of permanent residents - who all own what are essentially flats on board the boat and they get to sail around the world enjoying different experiences and cultures.

While in Guernsey they were told they had to be back on board by 22:00 as the tender operations would end then.

This was met with some concern by local businesses who thought that local restaurants and bars may lose out on potential income.

When we were on The World the other day we saw this . Staff say it’s the only port in the world where they can’t use their tender at night . Staff off duty at 9 wld love to come landside to spend pic.twitter.com/pyLrBo8AGU

— fenella maddison (@fortgrey) July 19, 2018

Fenella Madison is a cheese producer and she was invited on board The World along with others to present her wares. Her tweet was met with a number of replies agreeing the early finish for tenders was "silly", "quaint" and "embarrassing".

Guernsey Harbours said there was a simple explanation for the curfew though.

The Head of Port Operations for Guernsey Harbours Jerome Davis said it was down to a lack of experience the ship's tender crews had in local waters, adding that the crew seemed happy with the instructions given at the time. 

“The World cruise ship was instructed by Guernsey Harbours to complete their tendering operations by 22:00 on Tuesday July 17 2018.

"The ship’s Master, its senior crew, and its agent in Guernsey were all satisfied with the Harbour’s decision to stop tender operations at 22:00 on safety grounds.

"As The World is not a regular visitor to St Peter Port, their tender crews have limited experience of Guernsey waters especially in the hours of darkness and a spring tide."

Mr Davies said that  the safety of passengers using facilities run by Guernsey Harbours is always the priority and that it "comes first ahead of any wider economic considerations.”