Hurricane Dorian all but leveled the northern Bahamas — which is why they so badly need tourism dollars in the lower islands that managed to avoid devastation.
Roughly 60% of the nation’s gross domestic product comes from tourism, according to a 2019 Heritage Foundation report. And they’ll need a lot of vacation-driven dollars to recover from the Category 5 storm, which has left 70,000 homeless, destroyed 90% of buildings in the hardest hit areas and taken the lives of at least 50 of its citizens.
Only time will reveal the full scope of damage.
But the archipelago is comprised of 31 island districts stretching from just east of southern Florida to north of Haiti — and its southernmost islands were spared from the Category 5 storm, CNN reports. Airports, hotels and cruise terminals in those lower islands are still operating as usual.
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6 comments:
HAHAHA. They sucked before the storm. Lazy unprofessional staff. Half ass accommodations at best. Now let's help them out?? Right.
Puerto Rico is an American territory. No passports needed. Islanders speak English and use American currency. It would make more sense to vacation there.
Help them ? They choose to live on a small island surrounded by the huge Atlantic Ocean.
Are the Bahamas totally independent or are they still part of GB?
@10:05 they are part of GB and the Queen needs to step up not us!
Get the monie from the time share Sales People !
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