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These cruise ship companies have made billions over the years plying the Caribbean Sea and the exotic islands of the Caribbean

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November 1, 2020
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Dear Editor:

“Among the ships being recycled at Aliaga, are three Carnival cruise liners — Inspiration, Imagination and Fantasy, which had just been refurbished in 2019. The world’s largest cruise company reported a loss of $2.9 billion in the quarter ending on Aug. 31 and announced that it would remove 13 of its older, less efficient ships from its global fleet.”

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The above quote is from an article in Friday’s edition of the New York Times headlined “Where Cruise Ships Are Sent To Die”. According to the article, a number of cruise lines are retiring ships as part of their reorganized business models resulting from the Corona Virus pandemic which has negatively impacted the cruise industry. While most are the older vessels from among their fleets, others are recently refurbished. These ships are being sent to Turkey to be sold as scrap iron.

These cruise ship companies have made billions over the years plying the Caribbean Sea and the exotic islands of the Caribbean. It shouldn’t be too difficult for one of the companies to donate a ship to the Caribbean region through the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) to undertake intra-regional (among the countries of the region) travel and tourism. Promoting intra-regional tourism would certainly help to strengthen regional integration at the people level. An intra-regional cruise tourism service would also help Caribbean people to learn more about their neighbors while affording them an opportunity for leisure and relaxation that may not be otherwise affordable.

I call on CARICOM and other regional governments and the CTO to look into the possibility of my suggestion. Discussions could also be had with the US government to offer the donor cruise line company a tax incentive for its donation which would offset the revenue it would have earned from a scrap metal sale.

Regards
Wesley Kirton

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