Saturday, May 8, 2010

Tulsie needs to focus on the Trust, not on Government policy

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Anonymous said...

Well well well….here we go again, L. Seon your nuckle head and erroneous articles are better kept to your self. Please check out the mandate of the Trust. It is the responsibility of government to articulate and implement it policies, as well as it obligation to provide for it citizens, however one simply ask what are the policy and economic development plans for St.Lucia, and if available, it is not a state secret.

A confident and progressive government would clearly make such available for public scrutiny and not only for the 5% or less self interest. Obviously, we the people are only consulted every five years and certainly we will.

The same stupidity is taking place in Soufriere at Barons Drive, Malgratoute and the last free space of beach access behind the cemetery, for us to freely walk too, drive unto and chill. We must put the environment and it people first.

May 9, 2010 at 8:06 AM
Anonymous said...

Promoting an economic system that exploits the people and impoverishes them at fairly regular intervals, restrictions on freedom, and corruption of the political system are not effective ways of making friends and influencing people. The strategy is one of divide and conquer.

Look at the Country of Greece, Portugal and even the UK. The UN, EU and the IMF must set in and make the hard choices.

Regardless of what any one says, our political establishment and technocrats must take corrective measures now; we have a spending problem and an inefficient collection system with limited law enforcement, and no corrective policy action plan

Our country is in deep trouble government and we need to quit spending buy cutting the size of Government by Half, Cut the Import Bill, (Eat what we grow and grow what we eat), redirect 25% of the civil service into the business and commercial sector and subcontract another 10% of the distributive services.

We must also stop steeling our children(s) heritage and stop selling our lands in the name of Tourism development and the urge for foreign direct investment and foreign currency; there are other mechanisms to derive such.

Our Government IS paralyzed, BROKE, BROKEN, DEAD OF IDEAS & UNCONTROLLABLE...

May 9, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Anonymous said...

http://www.gisbarbados.gov.bb/index.php?categoryid=13&p2_articleid=3722

Several Elements In Sustainable Tourism

May 11, 2010 at 8:32 AM
Anonymous said...

People like Seon will never get it.

Saint Lucia just came through one the worst droughts in history. Everyone felt its effects. It is true the drought was regional in scope and impact but it's also true that those islands that were not gravely affected, were those like Dominica that had made a point long ago of perserving its forests, watersheds and watercourses.

Development and environment are inextricably linked. Any activity in the name of development that destroys the environment ultimately will destroy itself. Why is it that Governments in our source markets (in Europe and the US) get it and we don't? Why do we feel that the best way to host visitors from these countries is to destroy the very assets that they have preserved in their own countries? Why do we feel we must continue to cut the nose of our once fair Helen to smite its face?

Tulsie may not be born in Saint Lucia but his words and actions since becoming a naturalized citizen speak of a stronger and deeper love for Saint Lucia than Seon.

CSI

May 11, 2010 at 9:13 AM
Anonymous said...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Wednesday May 12, 2010 – Tourism industry specialists and policy makers have been told that going green is no longer enough if the Caribbean wants to develop a world class sustainable tourism product.

The geotourism editor of National Geographic Traveler, Jonathan Tourtellot, told delegates gathered in Barbados for the 11th annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development that the development of tourism that enhances, among other things, the geographical character of a place and the well being of its residents, is the way to go.

In delivering an hour-long feature presentation entitled “Sustainable Tourism: Going Beyond Green”, Tourtellot explained the significance of extending the concept of sustainable tourism beyond a simple focus on the environment and meeting 21st-century travellers’ increasing need for authenticity.

“Increasingly, leisure travellers want authenticity, experiences. Quality of place is a selling point,” he told the approximately 200 industry officials and media gathered here from the Caribbean, North America and the UK. “Destinations that think of the whole place as the tourism product will rally support for good stewardship.”

As proof that this market is lucrative, Tourtellot cited a recent National Geographic Traveler survey which found that 74 percent of American travellers are in favour of geo-tourism.

He recommended a four-way path to a lucrative “place-based” sustainable product. These include identifying and sustaining what’s distinctive about a place, as well as developing the product and marketing its geotourism assets.

The feature speaker also described the three main categories of modern-day travellers – the touring-style travellers searching for destinations’ natural authenticity, the rest and recreation-seeking travellers and the entertainment-focused travellers, predominantly interested in casinos and fast-food rather than architecture and fine cuisine – suggesting that tourism planners should be mindful of these categories when seeking to develop a world class sustainable product.

The 11th Annual Caribbean Conference is organised by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation in collaboration with the Barbados Ministry of Tourism.

May 12, 2010 at 8:34 AM

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