Empty beaches likely for months to come...

[Rob]

From the Observer:

As the normally bustling resort town of Negril remains shut down due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, hotelier, businessman and president of the Negril Chamber of Commerce, Richard Wallace says the town's business people are looking towards the future with varying degrees of expectation.

“I think the reality is just setting in about what we are facing so there are some people who are kind of in desperation, and they're panicking a little bit,” Wallace revealed. “But many are hopeful that we will come out better on the other side of this. Some people are in a more precarious position than others.”


http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/busin...olution_192010

[SLP]

The recession which may be coming is going to be tough on the whole world but I fully intend to be back in Negril when I can. Fortunately I have a flight which is good for 2 years thanks to Air Canada.

[Weeboy1]

Funny to see “thanks” and “AirCanada” mentioned in the same sentence .....sorry too much idle time!

[HarryS]

The recession which may be coming is going to be tough on the whole world but I fully intend to be back in Negril when I can. Fortunately I have a flight which is good for 2 years thanks to Air Canada.

That's something I would be very unhappy about. They should be issuing refunds, not holding on to people's money for years. If things happen, and you don't travel, they just get to keep your money.

[HoorayBeer]

We have travel booked for a 1 December return, hopefully we find a new normal by then and Jamaica is welcoming guests back...If not we will be sad but, are prepared to return as soon as it is safe for everyone.

[Marko]

If the Lockdowns, Curfews and Border Closings aren't lifted soon our beloved Jamaica is going to have an economic "collapse"....
forget about the beaches, swimming and snorkeling wi all love to do.....there will be no Jamaica....that's a fact

Cool Runnings, Marko

[captaind]

If the Lockdowns, Curfews and Border Closings aren't lifted soon our beloved Jamaica is going to have an economic "collapse"....
forget about the beaches, swimming and snorkeling wi all love to do.....there will be no Jamaica....that's a fact

Cool Runnings, Marko

Marko,

HOW DARE YOU! There was a Jamaica with no electricity , no running water, no phones. People grew their own food including rice (not imported). I lived it.

I resent the your insinuation that the Jamaican people will not adapt.

How can you so underestimate them?

Your Jamaica may disappear for a while but mine never will.

I was here for the Manley years and the election of 1980. We survived and went forward.

Jamaica...... LAND WE LOVE

David

[Monty&Melo]

Amen Captain,

I was corresponding with a Jamaican friend that lives in England, I was telling her how bad things were down there (based on conversations I've had with friends lately) and she said, "things were bad before the pandemic, and they will be bad again, but the Jamaican people will figure it out, they always do." That gave me a lot of hope, Jamaicans will figure it out, it will probably be different, but it will still be Jamaica and the people will still be Jamaicans!!!

M&M

[Marko]

Opening up the Jamaica economy isn’t because it’s safe but it’s the economic reality here in Jamaica…
Right now Jamaicans are starving, committing suicide, dying because of drug abuse, etc…..
Coronavirus is killing more Jamaicans than the disease itself…….true

Cool Runnings, Marko

[Accompong]

Opening up the Jamaica economy isn’t because it’s safe but it’s the economic reality here in Jamaica…
Right now Jamaicans are starving, committing suicide, dying because of drug abuse, etc…..
Coronavirus is killing more Jamaicans than the disease itself…….true


Cool Runnings, Marko

That is a disingenuous argument at best. It may be true that more people are dying from other causes but that is what happens when you limit the deaths by COVID-19 using testing and social distancing. Stop the restrictions and the outcome would be a rampant pandemic that would really tank the Jamaican economy for a long time to come....true.