There's just no end to the shiite that pours out of Minnis's mouth.

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there are so many questions that should be asked. I wonder if he hides these incites from his speech writers and just surprises everybody. Aren't hotel workers complaining now that they on 2 and 3 days? so one would assume if occupancy rates increased the existing staff would just move to full time hours. and tgats just the furst issue...

insight

Good luck filling hotels with the Corona Virus pandemic. Zero creativity.

Obviously, the colony's comrade prime minister when not traveling abroad **without credit card** - otherwise has been too busy organising his red party's pre general election campaign propaganda (lies) affairs to have heeded news that the entire USA is about shut up business shop in an attempt to respond **uncertainty** corona virus? We need a PM **on guard** to more protect the borders colony - not so much swoop law abiding Haitians off the streets - but from the corona virus reaching Populacesordinary!

The Bahamas needs to prepare for the Corona Virus Now!!!

Comrade, I've been preaching same message to health minister Dr. Duane and his health officials for likes past 14 days - the same minister - having great difficulties executing simple task bury **but 30** bodies to their graves - deceased from **September 1, 2019's** Hurricane Dorian. I said, man's struggling task to bury **but 30** dead bodies!

The Bahamas needs to prepare its hospitals for a massive influx of patients. It also needs to plan in case tourism is shut down by the Corona Virus - - the virus could ground plane and cruise travel and close hotels as virus hotspots. Most importantly, Bahamians should prep by stocking food and water. The Corona Virus should be treated by The Bahamas like a category 5 hurricane that could hit the country at any time.

Hotels and/or Self catering accommodation tariffs are linked to power prices and food costs amongst other things.
One way of increasing occupancy is having 0% rated VAT on all food stuffs an essential household supplies along with having reliable power supply and at reasonable costs.[ It also helps to tame pressure on wages and wage rises]
Never mind the tourist hiring cars having to about damaged not covered by CDW driving over the many mini bomb craters in the majority of the main roads.
It also goes without saying an increase in crime is not conducive to increasing tourist foot falls,
The Bahamas has so much potential as a hoilday destination but far too expensive for average world wide travellers as most good businessmen know that turnover is the key, a few high rollers are not enough to keep a tourist industry viberant, Cruise passengers tend not to spend much money outside the ship, The high rollers tend to stick in the environs of their hotels or their hoilday homes/gated communities.
I don't think the Bahamas can rely on the spring influx of drunken US youth to increase the hotel occupancy that's for sure!

The Bahamian people must see that this guy is not fit to manage a fast food restaurant, let alone a small country. Right? Or has this PLP and FNM stuff stolen the minds of most?

You have to question how on earth did he ever become a medical doctor.....was it by his wrongful receipt of some kind of patronage from a rinky dink medical school?! This is not a man capable of mastering even the basics of a pre-med bio-chemistry course at a below average ranked university with a medical school. Did his children go to the same (his) medical school? LMAO

If a 20% increase in hotel occupancy can cut unemployment to six percent, then why is time being wasted? A further 20 percent increase in hotel rooms would cut unemployment close to zero. O, if only economics was that simple. But with world markets crashing and travelers in mass panic over Corona, Minnis may not be able to prove his Economics any time soon. But maybe he can ask Bamsi to increase its food production for emergency purposes and food security. Maybe government needs to identify a quarantine space and health care workers in the event there is an outbreak of Corona here and the necessary medical supplies. And, unfortunately, for Minnis and the economy,even after The Corona virus is brought under control, there will be a lag of a year or two before the tourist market returns to normal. Just around election time or after. So Minnis needs to seek a plan less reliant on tourism or external forces.

Very good points regarding the coronavirus and its impact on tourism especially if the WHO declares it a pandemic! The effects on the economy with tourism and the potential demand on the already struggling medical system...