Norwegian Cruise Line blacklisted 7News from the opening of Harvest Caye, but there's hope for the local media: we're told that the Tourism Board is planning a media trip for to the Forbidden Island. That's supposed to happen next week Wednesday, so let's wait and see.
On the peninsula itself where overnight tourism has been thriving, Harvest Caye is seen as both a blessing and a curse. Yes, jobs and opportunities have been created, but all the streams of revenue and earning opportunities are rigidly controlled by Norwegian.
The question now is whether overnight tourism and cruise tourism can co-exist on the same peninsula. That's what we asked Stewart Krohn. He's been an outspoken critic of the Harvest Caye project from the get-go, in fact, he once called it crack-head economics. But, it's on the peninsula to stay now, and so we asked him how he and others who've invested millions in overnight properties will live with it:...
Stewart Krohn, Managing Director, Naia
"Over the last few years with the different controversies we have had in the tourism industry primarily over cruise versus overnight kinda thing , our vision focuses on overnight tourism , make no mistake we thought Harvest Caye was a bad idea 3 years ago and we still think it is a really bad idea now but it is here and we have to live with it , we hope to keep that as separate as possible what is happening in the overnight sector and it is too early to tell but it is possible that could happen, but in terms in other tourism trends , we believe that the trend will be toward more luxury type tourism."
The average room-rate in Placencia compares favourably to those on San Pedro.
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