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DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investment and Aviation Chester Cooper.
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Cooper: Social media video on crime political and misleading

TOURISM Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper spoke out against a video that he said featured a “disturbing and misleading mishmash” of past reports intended to harm the country’s reputation and deter tourists this Fall and winter season.

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Ten years on and Exuma hospital ‘a great tragedy’

The deputy prime minister yesterday branded the decade-long failure to fully open Exuma’s multi-million dollar mini-hospital as “a great tragedy that pains me”.

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‘We’ll help’ says Cooper over sandals shutdown

AFTER Sandals Emerald Bay announced plans yesterday to temporarily close this month, Tourism Minister Chester Cooper said efforts will be made to redeploy as many employees to other Sandals properties as possible while “dozens” of workers will be retained to manage the facility.

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Cooper: Talk over $35m water park ‘premature’

DISCUSSIONS around the Nassau Cruise Port’s plans to develop a $35m water park are “premature”, according to Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper.

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Double rooms by 15,000 to stay ‘Caribbean leader’

The deputy prime minister yesterday said The Bahamas needs to double its capacity by adding 15,000 new hotel rooms over the next decade if it is to “remain the undisputed leader” in Caribbean tourism.

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DPM: Eleuthera airport woe ‘completely embarrassing’

The deputy prime minister has admitted that North Eleuthera airport’s present woes are “completely embarrassing” even though the island posted a monthly visitor record for February 2024.

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Non-cash payments encouraged after crime warnings to tourists

THE Ministry of Tourism is using technology to combat warnings by cruise ships not to carry cash, according to Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper.

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‘Rightfully outraged’ over cruise line video

TOURISM Minister Chester Cooper said Bahamians are “rightfully outraged” at a viral video of purported Carnival cruise line guests saying tourists are scared to leave the ship and have been warned by cruise lines that they could be robbed, drugged and raped in The Bahamas.

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Cooper: Show national pride in tourism sector

The Ministry of Tourism Investments and Aviation launched its “Tourism is Everyone’s Business” domestic campaign yesterday which aims to educate the public on the importance of the country’s largest industry

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COOPER: WE’LL FIGHT BACK ON CRIME FEAR – Two campaigns are launched to counter international reports

TOURISM Minister Chester Cooper yesterday announced the launch of two campaigns geared towards re-shaping the narrative about The Bahamas following negative global reports about crime in the country.

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