Cruise Pier. Yes or No?
May 29th 2019, 8:26 pm
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Re: Cruise Pier. Yes or No?
Having recently taken a cruise two things strike me: i) We hardly spent any money on land, most of your spend is through the cruise company, obviously a portion of that does end up in the coffers of the country being visited but it is a minimal amount. ii) One of the ports had a non concrete dock, wooden structure on concrete supports i.e. to the layman posed minimal environmental damage. Yes it wouldn't survive a Hurricane but the trade off would be preferable I would think and there are completely retractable floating versions that are not even cemented to the sea bed & can be removed for a Hurricane to be rolled back out after. I just don't get why this place is insisting on damaging ecology for what seems minimal gain. But hey, it's not my country and therefore not really my place to question it. I am off home in a few weeks anyway, let them do what they bleedin' well like!
May 30th 2019, 12:25 am
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Re: Cruise Pier. Yes or No?
The cruise co’s themselves maintain and publish stats on passenger spends per destination. Here its 25us/cargo item [passenger] and they pay 2us to the country is a passenger gets off... Local tour co’s typically get 50% of the fees the ship charges for tours etc. Here some operators wont do business direct with the cruise co;s and those that do bus their customers away from competition into exclusive fleecing sessions pretty sharp.
its peanuts compared with any sort of hotel. Its also noticeable that the other staying tourists dont appreciate the polluting drunk cruise ship cargo, as they move and graze as a herd devouring and despoiling.
All a bit flowery i realise, but its as i get to hear it.
its peanuts compared with any sort of hotel. Its also noticeable that the other staying tourists dont appreciate the polluting drunk cruise ship cargo, as they move and graze as a herd devouring and despoiling.
All a bit flowery i realise, but its as i get to hear it.
Jun 1st 2019, 8:55 pm
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Re: Cruise Pier. Yes or No?
The anti-piers movement has garnered enough signatures against the project to force a referendum, but the signatures now all have to be authenticated. There is some fear among government workers that signatories will be discriminated against in their workplace. Cayman has a long tradition of political vengeance! Watch this space...
https://caymannewsservice.com/2019/0...r-retribution/
https://caymannewsservice.com/2019/0...r-retribution/
Jun 7th 2019, 5:44 pm
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Re: Cruise Pier. Yes or No?
https://caymannewsservice.com/2019/0...ance/#comments
So what I take from this is that the Gov can 'devalue' the importance of the port and decide it isn't worth voting on? Wow! Pretty powerful piece of legislation must cover that decision making process!
So what I take from this is that the Gov can 'devalue' the importance of the port and decide it isn't worth voting on? Wow! Pretty powerful piece of legislation must cover that decision making process!
Dec 6th 2019, 5:02 pm
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Re: Cruise Pier. Yes or No?
Just to bring overseas observers up to date with our port situation... The referendum is being challenged in court by opponents of the port, so the referendum is postponed until after the court rules. The Public Holiday on 19th December, announced/gazetted by the Cabinet to allow people time to vote (which would take us 30 minutes including travelling time), is still on! The main beneficiaries of that will be our underworked and overpaid government employees, and I'm sure that's no accident! There will be another Public Holiday when another date is decided, after the court case. What a shambles!
The terms of the referendum are loaded to favour a "Yes" vote - for the $300-million port - because abstaining from the vote will be counted as "Yes". Some real political trickery, there, but the politicians in power are desperate to win at all costs. Nobody I know or have spoken to is in favour of the mad project.
The terms of the referendum are loaded to favour a "Yes" vote - for the $300-million port - because abstaining from the vote will be counted as "Yes". Some real political trickery, there, but the politicians in power are desperate to win at all costs. Nobody I know or have spoken to is in favour of the mad project.
Dec 13th 2019, 7:14 pm
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Re: Cruise Pier. Yes or No?
Here's a general opinion from a newspaper in the Dominican Republic. Interesting, but nothing new.
https://dominicantoday.com/dr/opinio...-significance/
https://dominicantoday.com/dr/opinio...-significance/
Apr 24th 2020, 10:03 pm
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Re: Cruise Pier. Yes or No?
Just for the record... This Virus emergency has put the kibosh on the wildly expensive Port proposal - hopefully forever. It's dead in the water, to coin a phrase.
