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Tourism shutdown - Most tours into Port Antonio suspended
published: Monday | February 5, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody PgAjQ="true">
Garwin Davis, <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Freelance </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Writer</SPAN>
Boat operator Colin Beckford in discussion with Gleaner Writer Claudia Gardner regarding the closure of the Blue Lagoon facility, on March 19, 2006. - Photo by Nagra Plunkett
Deplorable road conditions leading into <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Port </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Antonio</SPAN> have forced the suspension of many tours, bringing <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">tourism</SPAN> in the resort town to a virtual standstill, business operators say.
They note that the work being done on the third segment of the North Coast Highway - from Ocho Rios to Port Antonio - is happening in such a way that, "it is no longer safe to <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">travel</SPAN> on these roads."
"With most of the roads dug up, it takes twice the time it would normally take - up to four hours- from Ocho Rios to get to Buff Bay
Tourism shutdown - Most tours into Port Antonio suspended
published: Monday | February 5, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody PgAjQ="true">
Garwin Davis, <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Freelance </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Writer</SPAN>
Boat operator Colin Beckford in discussion with Gleaner Writer Claudia Gardner regarding the closure of the Blue Lagoon facility, on March 19, 2006. - Photo by Nagra Plunkett
Deplorable road conditions leading into <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Port </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Antonio</SPAN> have forced the suspension of many tours, bringing <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">tourism</SPAN> in the resort town to a virtual standstill, business operators say.
They note that the work being done on the third segment of the North Coast Highway - from Ocho Rios to Port Antonio - is happening in such a way that, "it is no longer safe to <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">travel</SPAN> on these roads."
"With most of the roads dug up, it takes twice the time it would normally take - up to four hours- from Ocho Rios to get to Buff Bay