SHOULD TOURISM CONTINUE ON HAITIAN BEACHES? (5)
gabrielle95: THE GUARDIAN – 19/012010
Holidaymakers should continue to relax on Haitian beaches and spend money on typical tourist pleasures such as hair-braiding and buying local crafts, the chief executive of the Royal Caribbean cruise line insisted today.
Adam Goldstein said thousands of cruise customers who have been enjoying themsleves in the last five days at Labadee, the Florida-based company's private pleasure beach less than 100 miles from Haiti's devastated capital, have helped relief efforts.
In defence of his company's much-criticised decision to continue sending cruises to the fenced-off and heavily-guarded resort, he said the livelihoods of 230 staff and about 270 local traders depended on their visits.
The firm was vilified for continuing its cruise schedules to the island as if nothing had happened.
An estimated 2,800 passengers from Navigator of the Seas disembarked yesterday and enjoyed barbecues, watersports and parasailing while about 400 passengers decided to stay on board.
The 4,370-berth Independence of the Seas arrived today and heaved out more holidaymakers.
"People enjoying themselves is what we do," said Goldstein. "People enjoying themselves in Labadee helps with relief.
"We support our guests who choose to help in this way."
Royal Caribbean said it was donating all revenues from day trips to Labadee – which totalled $30,000 on Monday – to the relief effort, and its ships were also depositing rice, dried beans, water, dried milk and canned food.
"My view is this: it isn't better to replace a visit to Labadee (or for that matter, to stay on the ship while it's docked in Labadee) with a visit to another destination for a vacation because being on the island and generating economic activity helps with relief.
"The north is going to bear a good part of the burden of the agony of the south, and the more economic support there is to the north, the better able the north will be to bear this burden."
WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS IT A SCANDAL, OFFENSIVE FOR HAITIAN? OR IS IT A JUDICIOUS WAY TO HELP HAITIAN ECONOMY?
Holidaymakers should continue to relax on Haitian beaches and spend money on typical tourist pleasures such as hair-braiding and buying local crafts, the chief executive of the Royal Caribbean cruise line insisted today.
Adam Goldstein said thousands of cruise customers who have been enjoying themsleves in the last five days at Labadee, the Florida-based company's private pleasure beach less than 100 miles from Haiti's devastated capital, have helped relief efforts.
In defence of his company's much-criticised decision to continue sending cruises to the fenced-off and heavily-guarded resort, he said the livelihoods of 230 staff and about 270 local traders depended on their visits.
The firm was vilified for continuing its cruise schedules to the island as if nothing had happened.
An estimated 2,800 passengers from Navigator of the Seas disembarked yesterday and enjoyed barbecues, watersports and parasailing while about 400 passengers decided to stay on board.
The 4,370-berth Independence of the Seas arrived today and heaved out more holidaymakers.
"People enjoying themselves is what we do," said Goldstein. "People enjoying themselves in Labadee helps with relief.
"We support our guests who choose to help in this way."
Royal Caribbean said it was donating all revenues from day trips to Labadee – which totalled $30,000 on Monday – to the relief effort, and its ships were also depositing rice, dried beans, water, dried milk and canned food.
"My view is this: it isn't better to replace a visit to Labadee (or for that matter, to stay on the ship while it's docked in Labadee) with a visit to another destination for a vacation because being on the island and generating economic activity helps with relief.
"The north is going to bear a good part of the burden of the agony of the south, and the more economic support there is to the north, the better able the north will be to bear this burden."
WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS IT A SCANDAL, OFFENSIVE FOR HAITIAN? OR IS IT A JUDICIOUS WAY TO HELP HAITIAN ECONOMY?
I can see that stopping the income of the people who depend on tourism wouldnt help matters at all but I do commend the people who stayed on the ship too - personally Id have abandoned the cruise and gone to see where i could help.
If that port is big enough for cruise ships then why isnt it being used for the relief effort? or is it? they could have put a medical ship in there and used helicopters - Ive no idea what the road's like between there and port au prince.....
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure most of the money coming from this sort of tourism lines the pockets of the Haves, not the general population anyway. But why not? Tourism is one of the few things they have down there, so as long as you don't have tourists sight-seeing the devastation, keep it going! There's no sense in shutting down the tourism sector while the country picks up the pieces.
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I am in the Travel and Tourism Management industry however i do not feel that it would be a great idea to keep tourism there for the time being. When a place becomes to dangerous to tourists they will not travel there and hence the businesses will fail to earn much of a profit.
Places that become hazardous to travel to will always see fewer tourists. Why would anyone want to jeopardize their wellbeing to go to such places??
Places that become hazardous to travel to will always see fewer tourists. Why would anyone want to jeopardize their wellbeing to go to such places??
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gabrielle95: THE GUARDIAN – 19/012010
Holidaymakers should continue to relax on Haitian beaches and spend money on typical tourist pleasures such as hair-braiding and buying local crafts, the chief executive of the Royal Caribbean cruise line insisted today.
Adam Goldstein said thousands of cruise customers who have been enjoying themsleves in the last five days at Labadee, the Florida-based company's private pleasure beach less than 100 miles from Haiti's devastated capital, have helped relief efforts.
In defence of his company's much-criticised decision to continue sending cruises to the fenced-off and heavily-guarded resort, he said the livelihoods of 230 staff and about 270 local traders depended on their visits.
The firm was vilified for continuing its cruise schedules to the island as if nothing had happened.
An estimated 2,800 passengers from Navigator of the Seas disembarked yesterday and enjoyed barbecues, watersports and parasailing while about 400 passengers decided to stay on board.
The 4,370-berth Independence of the Seas arrived today and heaved out more holidaymakers.
"People enjoying themselves is what we do," said Goldstein. "People enjoying themselves in Labadee helps with relief.
"We support our guests who choose to help in this way."
Royal Caribbean said it was donating all revenues from day trips to Labadee – which totalled $30,000 on Monday – to the relief effort, and its ships were also depositing rice, dried beans, water, dried milk and canned food.
"My view is this: it isn't better to replace a visit to Labadee (or for that matter, to stay on the ship while it's docked in Labadee) with a visit to another destination for a vacation because being on the island and generating economic activity helps with relief.
"The north is going to bear a good part of the burden of the agony of the south, and the more economic support there is to the north, the better able the north will be to bear this burden."
WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS IT A SCANDAL, OFFENSIVE FOR HAITIAN? OR IS IT A JUDICIOUS WAY TO HELP HAITIAN ECONOMY?
Holidaymakers should continue to relax on Haitian beaches and spend money on typical tourist pleasures such as hair-braiding and buying local crafts, the chief executive of the Royal Caribbean cruise line insisted today.
Adam Goldstein said thousands of cruise customers who have been enjoying themsleves in the last five days at Labadee, the Florida-based company's private pleasure beach less than 100 miles from Haiti's devastated capital, have helped relief efforts.
In defence of his company's much-criticised decision to continue sending cruises to the fenced-off and heavily-guarded resort, he said the livelihoods of 230 staff and about 270 local traders depended on their visits.
The firm was vilified for continuing its cruise schedules to the island as if nothing had happened.
An estimated 2,800 passengers from Navigator of the Seas disembarked yesterday and enjoyed barbecues, watersports and parasailing while about 400 passengers decided to stay on board.
The 4,370-berth Independence of the Seas arrived today and heaved out more holidaymakers.
"People enjoying themselves is what we do," said Goldstein. "People enjoying themselves in Labadee helps with relief.
"We support our guests who choose to help in this way."
Royal Caribbean said it was donating all revenues from day trips to Labadee – which totalled $30,000 on Monday – to the relief effort, and its ships were also depositing rice, dried beans, water, dried milk and canned food.
"My view is this: it isn't better to replace a visit to Labadee (or for that matter, to stay on the ship while it's docked in Labadee) with a visit to another destination for a vacation because being on the island and generating economic activity helps with relief.
"The north is going to bear a good part of the burden of the agony of the south, and the more economic support there is to the north, the better able the north will be to bear this burden."
WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS IT A SCANDAL, OFFENSIVE FOR HAITIAN? OR IS IT A JUDICIOUS WAY TO HELP HAITIAN ECONOMY?
sounds like a cleverly disguised relief effort that might not be otherwise possible to me. Kudos
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Holidaymakers should continue to relax on Haitian beaches and spend money on typical tourist pleasures such as hair-braiding and buying local crafts, the chief executive of the Royal Caribbean cruise line insisted today.
Adam Goldstein said thousands of cruise customers who have been enjoying themsleves in the last five days at Labadee, the Florida-based company's private pleasure beach less than 100 miles from Haiti's devastated capital, have helped relief efforts.
In defence of his company's much-criticised decision to continue sending cruises to the fenced-off and heavily-guarded resort, he said the livelihoods of 230 staff and about 270 local traders depended on their visits.
The firm was vilified for continuing its cruise schedules to the island as if nothing had happened.
An estimated 2,800 passengers from Navigator of the Seas disembarked yesterday and enjoyed barbecues, watersports and parasailing while about 400 passengers decided to stay on board.
The 4,370-berth Independence of the Seas arrived today and heaved out more holidaymakers.
"People enjoying themselves is what we do," said Goldstein. "People enjoying themselves in Labadee helps with relief.
"We support our guests who choose to help in this way."
Royal Caribbean said it was donating all revenues from day trips to Labadee – which totalled $30,000 on Monday – to the relief effort, and its ships were also depositing rice, dried beans, water, dried milk and canned food.
"My view is this: it isn't better to replace a visit to Labadee (or for that matter, to stay on the ship while it's docked in Labadee) with a visit to another destination for a vacation because being on the island and generating economic activity helps with relief.
"The north is going to bear a good part of the burden of the agony of the south, and the more economic support there is to the north, the better able the north will be to bear this burden."
WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS IT A SCANDAL, OFFENSIVE FOR HAITIAN? OR IS IT A JUDICIOUS WAY TO HELP HAITIAN ECONOMY?