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The AP published an article discount hotels london today regarding the plight of Falmouth. The world's biggest cruise ships are sucking most of the money out of the Jamaican port and leaving little behind except crushed expectations of the local community.
World's Biggest Cruise Ships Drop Anchor in Caribbean, But Ship-to-Shore Feud Brews Over Cash takes a look at Royal Caribbean's development of this historic port where it promised that if Jamaica spent a couple hundred million dollars building a deep water port for its monstrous ships the Oasis of the Seas and the Allure of the Seas, the mostly U.S. passengers would each spend would over $100 ashore and infuse the local Jamaican economy.
Jamaica lived up to its end of the bargain, at consideration damage discount hotels london to the mangroves and coral reefs around Falmouth. But the residents of Falmouth are seeing discount hotels london little money in return. The AP article quotes a local businessman saying: We were promised that we'd be able to show people our Jamaican heritage, sell our crafts. But most of the tourists stay far away from the local people . . . we're on the losing end.
I have been to Falmouth and feared that it would be another Royal Caribbean project that benefited the cruise line and exploited the local community. Three years ago I wrote an article critical of what I believed would be another Royal Caribbean scheme (like Labadee Haiti) to suck money from another Caribbean island and sail the loot back to the cruise line's coffers in Miami - Historic Port of Falmouth - Jamaica's Crapital for the Oasis of the Seas.
I followed this article up with Will Royal Caribbean Ever Live Up to Its Promises to Falmouth Jamaica? Unfortunately, the people of Jamaica have a history of being exploited by foreign plantation owners, discount hotels london sugar barons, slave owners, and bauxite-mining companies. Royal Caribbean is the latest robber baron to appear as the country's professed savior. But like other false prophets, it will do no better for Falmouth than those in the past who have taken greatly and given little in return to this beautiful island.
The answer lies in history of the non-sustainable cruise industry. Poor Caribbean countries like Jamaica are beholden to selfish billion dollar U.S. based cruise corporations. In the end game, the local Jamaicans are victims of the exploitative discount hotels london cruise line system.
This is absolute nonsense.... clearly a journalist in search of a story where there is none. The New Port of Falmouth whose development was primarily driven by The Port Authority of Jamaica with Royal Caribbean as its selected partner has been an overwhelming success and has exceeded all expectations.
I am pleased to say that passengers electing to go on tours sold on the ships are going on tours that are locally owned and operated, visiting attractions that are also locally owned and managed.... discount hotels london employing local staff.
Most people who have cruised the Caribbean don't spend money in Jamaica because they are harassed by the locals nearly the minute they get off the ship and it doesn't stop until they are back on the ship. Jamaica has a very bad image in the cruiser world. If they want people to spend money in their beautiful island, they need to clean up the ganga and other drugs so blatantly and boldly offered to cruisers and keep the intimidating hawkers away from the tourist. It's better to go to Tijuana today than it is to go to Mobay. Many cruisers use this as an extra ship day instead getting off at Jamaican ports.
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