The Bahamas leads per say in tourism arrivals in this region. However if you look at the numbers closely, the vast majority of that is cruise passengers.
Since 1990,the main driver of tourism arrivals to the Bahamas is through cruise tourism. Several countries have surpass the Bahamas in the number of stop-over tourism arrivals. The Canadian tourism market was lost to Cuba some time ago .Over a million Canadians use to vacation yearly in Cuba before the advent of the Cov-19 pandemic.
The Bahamas is seen by some travelers as a very expensive destination with little to do. That was the opinion of some Panamanians who came to the Bahamas. They said that in a survey of the Ministry of Tourism.
There is going to be continued challenges to the development of tourism in the Bahamas. It has become increasing competitive. The Bahamas main advantage is it is the proximity to the United States and the continued economic embargo of Cuba.
This is how the Bahamas operates. Vested interest groups keep the country backward for their personal financial interests.
A top land surveyor said that it was recommended from 1963 for a land registry to be established in the Bahamas. Here we are. almost sixty years later it has not been done. In a smaller, poorer Caribbean island, their land registry was set up in the mid -seventies.
@ Tribanon. You forgot personal responsibility and parental involvement in educational success.
I met recently a top professional in this country who came through the public school system in New Providence. He never spent a day in private school. His mother was very involved in his education and he understood what a good education could do for him. Also some of the top performers in some public schools on New Providence are the children of Haitian migrants.
This is how life goes in the Bahamas. The politicians don't follow the laws they pass, They expect every body else to follow the rules and laws. They are not censured or are not held to account. This continuing rot in this country starts with them
The Finlayson 's family has destroyed a lot of business in this country. However you have omitted the roles the late Franklyn Butler and Craig Symonette played in the demise of City Markets That company was mortally wounded when the Finllaysons purchased it .they just finished it off quickly.
@ Realfreethinker. Wilson is a harder worker and more competent than the so call acting FFinancial Secretary Johnson. Please Mr..Know it All told us about the circumstances of how Mr. Johnson had to leave his post at BTC. A big time FNM told me that .Also a former senior FNM cabinet minister thought highly of Wilson.
Foolishness. Mr.Rahming is now the Baghdad Bob for this government?
Last month was one of the bloodiest in recorded Bahamian history. There were twenty two murders in March 2022. There has been intermittent gang warfare on the island of New Providence for at least fifteen years. This has occurred under both the PLP and FNM administration.
Both track and swimming development in the Bahamas is done by private clubs. That was noted years ago in a news report about the Carifta teams in Cayman Islands.
The late Charles Maynard then Minister of Sports made some comments about that. The decline of track and field in the public schools in New Providence begin from the late eighties.
Alpheus Finlayson made a comment some time ago about national high school championship here. It can not compare to the national high school championships in Jamaica. Their boys' track championship started over one hundred years ago. Some aspects of sports development in this country has declined over the years. People who followed certain sports would tell you that.
BONEFISH says...
This is nothing new. There have been splits in the trade union movement before. The NCTU broke away from the TUC in the eighties.
Quite a number of these union leaders have political aspirations. Unions are a means to an end for some of them.
On Unions split as new congress is created
Posted 30 May 2022, 8:38 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The Bahamas leads per say in tourism arrivals in this region. However if you look at the numbers closely, the vast majority of that is cruise passengers.
Since 1990,the main driver of tourism arrivals to the Bahamas is through cruise tourism. Several countries have surpass the Bahamas in the number of stop-over tourism arrivals. The Canadian tourism market was lost to Cuba some time ago .Over a million Canadians use to vacation yearly in Cuba before the advent of the Cov-19 pandemic.
The Bahamas is seen by some travelers as a very expensive destination with little to do. That was the opinion of some Panamanians who came to the Bahamas. They said that in a survey of the Ministry of Tourism.
There is going to be continued challenges to the development of tourism in the Bahamas. It has become increasing competitive. The Bahamas main advantage is it is the proximity to the United States and the continued economic embargo of Cuba.
On Bahamas urged: ‘Go back into the tourism business’
Posted 24 May 2022, 8:21 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
This is how the Bahamas operates. Vested interest groups keep the country backward for their personal financial interests.
A top land surveyor said that it was recommended from 1963 for a land registry to be established in the Bahamas. Here we are. almost sixty years later it has not been done. In a smaller, poorer Caribbean island, their land registry was set up in the mid -seventies.
On ‘Beyond time’ for key land reforms
Posted 22 May 2022, 8:23 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
@ Tribanon. You forgot personal responsibility and parental involvement in educational success.
I met recently a top professional in this country who came through the public school system in New Providence. He never spent a day in private school. His mother was very involved in his education and he understood what a good education could do for him. Also some of the top performers in some public schools on New Providence are the children of Haitian migrants.
On Minister hopeful of solution after sitout
Posted 22 May 2022, 8:11 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
This is how life goes in the Bahamas. The politicians don't follow the laws they pass, They expect every body else to follow the rules and laws. They are not censured or are not held to account. This continuing rot in this country starts with them
On ‘I disclosed’ - but Bowleg blames issue on communication
Posted 10 May 2022, 8:20 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
The Finlayson 's family has destroyed a lot of business in this country. However you have omitted the roles the late Franklyn Butler and Craig Symonette played in the demise of City Markets That company was mortally wounded when the Finllaysons purchased it .they just finished it off quickly.
On ‘World’s in worst state that I have ever seen’
Posted 1 May 2022, 11:17 a.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
@ Realfreethinker. Wilson is a harder worker and more competent than the so call acting FFinancial Secretary Johnson. Please Mr..Know it All told us about the circumstances of how Mr. Johnson had to leave his post at BTC. A big time FNM told me that .Also a former senior FNM cabinet minister thought highly of Wilson.
On Gov’t touts 26% VAT rise despite rate cut
Posted 22 April 2022, 8:35 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Foolishness. Mr.Rahming is now the Baghdad Bob for this government?
Last month was one of the bloodiest in recorded Bahamian history. There were twenty two murders in March 2022. There has been intermittent gang warfare on the island of New Providence for at least fifteen years. This has occurred under both the PLP and FNM administration.
On ‘Govt is seeing success in fight to stem gang war’
Posted 22 April 2022, 8:24 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
Both track and swimming development in the Bahamas is done by private clubs. That was noted years ago in a news report about the Carifta teams in Cayman Islands.
The late Charles Maynard then Minister of Sports made some comments about that. The decline of track and field in the public schools in New Providence begin from the late eighties.
Alpheus Finlayson made a comment some time ago about national high school championship here. It can not compare to the national high school championships in Jamaica. Their boys' track championship started over one hundred years ago. Some aspects of sports development in this country has declined over the years. People who followed certain sports would tell you that.
On Fourth straight CARIFTA swim title
Posted 21 April 2022, 8:28 p.m. Suggest removal
BONEFISH says...
One party appoints a cretin to a top position.
The next party not to be outdone, makes a buffoon a consultant.
This country is rapidly failing on a daily basis. I see why so many persons who go aboard for a tertiary education, don 't bother to return.
On ‘Does Rodney Moncur have a job in the government?’
Posted 21 April 2022, 7:07 p.m. Suggest removal