National Geographic Story on Caribbean islands

[ruskatab]

Its sad to see this happening and alot of blame put on Cruising Industry.

[Kurbanfan]

Can you give us a link:confused:

[KenMo]

So.....what's the story? When is it on?

[caribbean dreams]

This may be interesting if we knew what you were talking about:rolleyes:

[ruskatab]

Wow im so sorry!!! LOL! Heres the link:

 

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/features/islandsrated0711/islands.html

 

Dont be so grumpy!

[SANDYJABS]

Thanks for that link. The article was of interest to me since I will be visiting many of those islands this coming June. :)

[Meco21]

interesting :)

[Snorkel2Much]

Not a lot mystery in that article. I'll summarize their various "experts" points of view for those who don't want to bother:

 

If an island is reachable by the average American family on a cruise ship, they'll ruin it.

[PaulMedik]

National Geographic would prefer that we all view their pictures and read their articles instead of going their and seeing it for ourselves. If they wish to keep the world to themselves, perhaps they should stop advertising their expeditions. :rolleyes: Travel and tourism have provided countless billions of dollars for those islands and while there have been some compromises, I doubt the majority would be served by a return to their meager past.

[njs]

National Geographic would prefer that we all view their pictures and read their articles instead of going their and seeing it for ourselves. If they wish to keep the world to themselves, perhaps they should stop advertising their expeditions. :rolleyes: Travel and tourism have provided countless billions of dollars for those islands and while there have been some compromises, I doubt the majority would be served by a return to their meager past.

 

Agreed ~ these islands depend on the tourism for survival so I doubt they want the cruise ships to stop arriving