Maybe not enough available to offer the tourists? Beautiful beaches just ain't enough.
I do not think so.
Labadee, Haiti has less to offer and Royal Caribbean has made it one of its main port of destination for years.
Maybe not enough available to offer the tourists? Beautiful beaches just ain't enough.
I do not think so.
Labadee, Haiti has less to offer and Royal Caribbean has made it one of its main port of destination for years.
Labadee and Samana are two different animals. Labadee is an enclave. Samana is a town. people going to Labadee do not even know that it is in Haiti. it is completely owned, lock stock , and barrel, by Royal Caribbean. the rules of engagement are different there.
How much was spend to build the new road going to Samana?
How much is the gov paying to the co. that built the road, due to the lack of use, much less toll $ coming in to recover investment [overstimated]
What could have been done inside Samana with that much money spend on the road? [that could generate income to the builder/developer, to recover investment]
if tourist were to come by "boat", why a road? Samana even have an airport [international I think]
Was there any other reason to build the road, other than increase tourism?
Maybe building roads is an easier than planning a holistic tourist community.
Cruise ships not arriving at Punta Cana yet?, why not?
Dominican taxi drivers, vendors, and other locals are not civilized enough to even come close to cruise ship passengers. Anything they do is so annoying so the passengers just want to go back to the ship as fast as possible. The cruise port in DR must be fenced off from the surrounding area, like Lebadee.
DR already has enough rules and laws, the problem is that rules and laws are never enforced in DR, and I don't see any DR politicians that have balls to start enforcing them in the near future.It will take a government action to clean up, put rules in place
Those taxi drivers are too dumb to think about it.So what would Danilo do? Force Royal Caribbean lines to keep stopping in at Samana?
How much was spend to build the new road going to Samana?
How much is the gov paying to the co. that built the road, due to the lack of use, much less toll $ coming in to recover investment [overstimated]
What could have been done inside Samana with that much money spend on the road? [that could generate income to the builder/developer, to recover investment]
if tourist were to come by "boat", why a road? Samana even have an airport [international I think]
Was there any other reason to build the road, other than increase tourism?
Maybe building roads is an easier than planning a holistic tourist community.
Cruise ships not arriving at Punta Cana yet?, why not?
Dominicans don't see garbage. Rich people who live in half-million dollar apartments in the center of Santo Domingo, they don't pay attention to the garbage next to their buildings like it doesn't exist. Ask them about garbage.... what garbage? Ah, that garbage... that's nothing, no importa... This problem can't be solved until some foreign company (like Royal Caribbean) will fence off the piece of land (like they did it in Haiti), clean it up and deny access for locals.It is difficult to grow tourism in Samana when garbage washes up next to the Malecon
Because there is no cruise ship port, and there is no town, you need more than just a beach.
I do know what happened in POP many years ago. However, the real "Samanenses" are educated, polite and speak English. I cannot imagine them being the root cause.
I can, however, well imagine other person who have arrived in Saman? to exploit the cruise liners. As a poster above has said, it is possible that the Taxi Association is also a cause for the deletion of Carnival.
All told, I think there are other reasons.
1) No deep draught anchorage close to land.
2) Exploitation of tourists with no thought as to "tomorrow" ,,,ie, no education of tour guides and service providers that emphasized: "Look, these people talk to other people and they fill out forms about how they were received here in Saman?....It is better to have 'half a loaf today and not no loaf tomorrow'....well they are now with no loaf
3) As also mentioned, they need to clean up their acts...or perhaps stage more typical activities, not hokey, made-up "folklore" but the real Samanense cultural activities. I have seen them and they are awesome. (even staged, they would be interesting)
Now we know why Maimon will be private, closed to the non-tourist public, and successful....as is that place over in Haiti.
Cordially,
HB
We are not trying to argue who own the animals, but what animal has more to offer. If you compare both animals, Samana has so much more.
I just hope that the local politicians learn their lesson.