ThisIsOurs 8 years, 10 months ago on VIDEO: Tourists ‘leave Straw Market in droves’ after row between compliance officers, police, vendors
VIDEO: Tourists ‘leave Straw Market in droves’ after row between compliance officers, police, vendors
It's amazing that we haven't figured this out. If you were travelling to another country, what would you want to purchase? What would you want to see? Where is the native artwork, pottery, singing and dancing, where is the multiple choice of performances that I can go to right in the downtown area? One 10 minute Junkanoo rush is insufficient. Tourists want woodwork, art, pottery and native shows. There are 10,000 of them per day. No they don't have lots off money, they spent most of it paying for room and board, they have a few dollars left to spend on a memory, give them a quality product for their dollar. Ten dollars from 10,000 people in one day is $100,000 dollars per day. Put these other vendors in a T-shirt and cheap souvenir market and get some real artisans in the straw market, anything else is false advertisement.
SP 8 years, 10 months ago on Bank outsourcing: Middle class on ‘unstable footing’
Bank outsourcing: Middle class on ‘unstable footing’
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43 years of corrupt governance only benefiting a select few friends, family and lovers have come full circle and destroyed the rest of our people and country!
We were consistently denied OWNERSHIP of the tourism and banking sectors of our economy and are now at the mercy of foreigners who only used us for all they could get, and never liked Bahamians in the first place.
Thank you PLP and FNM.
ThisIsOurs 8 years, 10 months ago on THE BIG QUESTION: What would YOU do to improve Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival in 2016?
THE BIG QUESTION: What would YOU do to improve Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival in 2016?
You've missed the boat just like the Commission. The problem isn't that Bahamians don't like soca. We happen to love soca and we absolutely love Machel. What we do NOT like, is someone telling us something that doesn't resemble our cultural display is a display of our culture. We were flat out lied to, that is what everyone is up in arms about. Regarding the name, they could have called this festival anything, the argument that naming it "carnival" would make the marketing easier, fell completely flat when NOBODY SHOWED UP. People introduce NEW things everyday, the exercise of letting people know about this new thing is called marketing. So in one fell swoop we managed to piss off the larger percentage of the native market and fail to attract any tourists.
TalRussell 8 years, 10 months ago on Carnival sets may date for Nassau
Carnival sets may date for Nassau
Comrades likes the Wells and Lightebourn's, we all come to Bahamaland from all kinds of backgrounds, cultures, skin colours, languages and walks of life, and somehow we seem have made our spot a paradise chain of islands.
Today's barriers is that we are the only generation willing to surrender our lands, local dialect, culture, music and foods, some say our government too, over to compete strangers. Strangers who have no connection, foundation, nor nothing in common with the natives.
Yes, we are a loving, kind, welcoming and gentle people but not if you think we need changing be more likes you is.
And, if that sounds too nationalistic for your comfort - good you that you feel uncomfortable.
Emac 8 years, 10 months ago on THE BIG QUESTION: What would YOU do to improve Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival in 2016?
THE BIG QUESTION: What would YOU do to improve Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival in 2016?
Cancel it of course. Then expand on the Bahamas Goombay Festival: Yes, revamp the exciting, highly cultural Goombay Festival and feature all Bahamians musicians, dancers, singers, artistes for the entire summer. This can easily be done with $11,000,000. Such a move will revitalize the arts in the Bahamas, employ artistes during the tough summer months, increase tourist revenues during the summer and ultimately give Bahamians something to look forward to during the summer months! But best of all, Goombay is unique to the Bahamas. Teach the people the music of George Symonette, Blind Blake, Charles Lofthouse, Joseph Spence, Ronnie Butler and the many other musical giants of the Bahamas!