Port Antonio's Trident Opens After Five Years

[Don1]

Correct link that shows you're incorrect

[Don1]

this has been argued so many times before and infrastructure is alway a top of Don1's post. ALWAYS. go and research that yourself in older post.

Maybe Bartlett should top my list?

[Muadib]

Crime and ghettoization of tourist towns in Jamaica caused limited investments in the Sector..

Road ?? Airport Modernization ?

How modern is Cayman Highway and Airport ?

Cayman ship docking infrastructure cyaan come close to ours.. dem all get 5 ship a day...

Real comedian to rhatid..

[Don1]

Yep crime and the widespread Tivarli Garrison Model does limit investment


But what enabled the ~US$2B Spanish investment which my post focused on? Crime or Ed Bartlett?? LOL

[Muadib]

Spanish Investment ? Wheh dat.. di 3rd Tier of Tourism ?

Mi like how dem eff up Spain beach front deh..

[Don1]

a foolish & transparent red herring...cyaan wuk

Ansa di question posed yuteman

[Muadib]

reality is a b1tch..

wi haffi a beg Spanish fi come ghetto up wi coastline wid dem concrete monolith dem..

Clap dem..

[Don1]

Ok...yuh cyaan ansa dat question... no worries LOL

[Muadib]

Irrelevant.. are you positing that for a country to get $2 Billion in tourism investment they have to 'modernize' their airport and build a 120+ mile 'highway' over 20 years.. ??

Sounds flawed...

[Don1]

I am restating what the investor stated in the specific case of Jamaica... A prerequisite for the investment was significant infrastructure upgrades

What the unspecified "country" does or doesn't do as in your post is irrelevant to the instant case of Jamaica

These were profound questions being asked about a country whose development had been stymied by its reputation as a high-crime destination, and by the growing inadequacy of its infrastructure - that was falling below the standards that European and American tourists were accustomed to experiencing at competing destinations.
While the creation of the North Coast Highway, as well as the Great River Water system that ensured reliable potable water supply to hotels, went a long way to address concerns about the investment absorption capacity within the tourism sector, radical crime containment still remained on the country's to-do list.
Jamaica was therefore never going to be an easy sell.

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/busin...#ixzz2GNuzECVz

[Muadib]

sound like wi was begging... how come ?

The infrastructure upgrades in the Tourist Towns are impressive..

Clap dem !

lol ! woiee !

Sound like ahnedda more cyar, gyal, phone scam.. fortunately mi did guh good school suh mi nuh fall fi dem 3 cyard ting..

Bettah dem did seh dem build 'highway' suh dem can win helection.. mi nuh buy di 'investor requirement' story..

If yuh deh pon a 150 mile long island innah di caribbean and haffi upgrade 120 mile stretch ah road to get 2 Billion in tourism investments over 10 years.. well sumting wrang wid yuh mogel..

[Don1]

ok...now you are off the reservation

all i am addressing is why things happened... I am not performing a cost/benefit analysis

But if you wish that...go ahead. My point is already made

Gots to go ah road

[Muadib]

ooh.. sorry I thought you were implying that we needed significant 'Highway' upgrade and Airport upgrade to have a vibrant Tourism returns..

Mi feel is bettah dem did spend di money on social and physical infrastructure in the Tourism Towns..

[Don1]

The infrastructure upgrades were a prerequisite for the wave of investment led by the Spanish chains....that is clear. This resulted in a ~50% increase in room stock in a relatively short period.

The opportunity cost equation of individual infrastructure upgrades is debatable. I like the road, water and airport investments...their value goes waay beyond tourism.

As far as the US$122 million the GOJ borrowed to build a facility for trinket seeking Americans is concerned...that investment has an extremely low value add imho.

For a fraction of that sum we could have revolutionized our entire STEM education

[Assasin]

I am not be correct but this is stopover visitors and not total tourist as this doesn't include cruise or one day stop over visitors.

In 1987 or 1988 I was at the cermony to celebrate the arrival of 2 million tourist to the island.