Caribbean
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | September 22nd, 2004 | Trackback
The series of hurricanes that swept through the Caribbean have left a mess that will take months to clean up in some places, while other islands are already back in business. In Jamaica, flight schedules have returned to normal, resorts in Montego Bay, Negril and Ocho Rios are getting back to normal, but resorts in Port Antonio and the south coast may need weeks or months to be fully operational. Electrical power was knocked out on most of the island but is back again except in a few key places. Authorities expect power to be completely restored by mid-October. In the Cayman Islands, many major resorts will be closed until November. In Grenada, coastal resorts may reopen within several weeks but recovery of the island’s flora and fauna could take up to a year.
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Caribbean
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | September 7th, 2004 | Trackback
While the Caribbean is being battered by a severe hurricane season, another storm is brewing involving cruise ships and the ports where they release their thousands of passengers. The increasing size of ships has created a tsunami of tourists overwhelming many of the ports they visit. Belize has moved to limit arrivals to 8,000 a day after receiving 13,000 at one time; Mexico has proposed charging a per-person cruise tax, and other tax proposals have been floated elsewhere. Critics of the cruise industry say passengers bring few economic benefits because they spend little money on their short visits, and the ships too often damage the local reefs and pollute the sea.
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