On the contrary, Dionisio D’Aguilar having been involved in the hotel industry is probably the only individual we've had as minister of tourism that has some level of hands on experience and does have a clue! Unfortunately, he inherited 5 decades of asinine stupidity from predecessors that spoiled the cruise industry by allowing them to believe that the Bahamas could not survive without them. The truth is the cruise industry cannot survive without the Bahamas and other resort destinations.

This is another classic example of the proverbial "tail wagging the dog" situation common in the region when dealing with corporate entities.

Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation needs to come to the reality that the cruise ship industry was never designed to even minimally benefit the profits of resort destinations. They're cutthroat, prohibitive, policies are deliberately designed to maximize their own profits at the expense of destinations they visit.

The cruise industry is actually wholesale travel companies. They sell cruises at give-away prices with the intention of profiting from various passenger-based profit centers i.e. in-resort excursion commissions which actually account for a major percentage of their profits. They will be hard-pressed to change their modes Operandi because of their present structure to profits.

The Bahamas needs to follow the Cayman Islands lead and place restrictions on the volume of ships/passengers allowed in port at any given time. If Nassau's tourism infrastructure cannot cater to 10,000 cruise passengers at once, what is the point of having them come here? The result could only be complaints of not enough to do, overcrowding, poor management, etc.

Curtailing the volume of cruise passengers will lead to more shore-based vacations, higher in-resort spending, more satisfied visitors, increased excursion sales & opportunities, and a much better overall bottom line for the country.

Additionally, having Bahamasair at our disposal, the Bahamas should have long ago partnered with hotels to develop its own wholesale products.

The biggest impediment to tourism growth in our country is spineless individuals with no clue about tourism ignorantly cutting deals with very slick cruise ship pirates and for decades people with power lacking the hands-on experience needed to enable them to be innovative in the market making decisions.

Yes, you are a simpleton.

Only a descendant of Haitians would make such a statement because Haitians benefited more from Pindling and Ingraham than Bahamians have.

Under PLP and FNM leadership Haitians have progressed more on every level in the Bahamas per capita than Bahamians have!

Homelessness and the poverty level are on the increase at a shocking level. There's a gentleman living at the Shirley Street and Collins Avenue bus stop, and another homeless man at the corner of Elizabeth and Shirley Street. People can be seen every day roaming the streets begging.

Ironically, no one has ever seen any Haitians homeless or begging. How is this possible?

The white man is his own worst enemy, Trump is the best example!

What gives you the idea only a white man can fix the Bahamas? It is a well-known fact that white men never gave up power. They have controlled the Bahamas all along! Pindling, Ingraham, and Christie were just groveling puppets.

A particular race or gender is not the solution. White men are the original pirates that, enforced apartheid, segregation, stole tons of crown land and coned our people out of thousands of acres of prime properties for sacks of flour and rice, and women generally, are no more honest than men are.

We need people with proven integrity regardless of race or gender!

He sold us out to the UBP on day one! They made more money under Mr. Pindling than ever before, while keeping the masses under the same bondage they voted him in to remove. He cared about friends, family and lovers and wanted the very best for himself.

Since Leslie Miller crawling in from the shadows, bring Fitzgerald back too!...Lol