No where did i say its 'universally true' in the OP I said as highlighted above that its a list issued by the UK travel Industry, the fact i mentioned Florida on board about Negril will not have much effect on the numbers visiting that area,Originally Posted by airportworker
And I can almost guarantee where the results of this poll basically came from, at least as far as Sarasota is concerned
There was an incident in Sarasota not too long ago, all over the news (here in Tampa and surrounding areas) so I could only imagine how it was in the media over there.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...r-side/1164757
You could get a sample from Canada but that's only from a 30 million people country versus a 60 million people country like the UK. So I would stick with the 60 million country since there is a larger pool of people to get your statistics from.
If you are implying more UK people are targeted in crimes versus any other nationality, I think you are mistaken MissBlue.
no i'm not implying anything, and i have no idea how that could be extrapolated from what i said.
All i am doing is making one point -- which is:
the first post in this thread made a blanket-type statement, implying that this 'safety report' is true for all travelers - and it is not. the conclusion presented is true only for British travelers during the one-year time period of August 2010 - August 2011; so it doesn't have any real 'on the ground' value that's relevant to all travelers, under current conditions.
Last edited by MissBlue; 12-01-2011 at 02:27 PM.
Missblue you must be reading a different post then me, i've read and re read my post a number of times and i can't see anything other then a comment on how safe Negril is, i could have picked other places in USA which are higher on the unsafe list, but i didn't want to be accused of joining the growing anti american bandwagon, that is rolling over here
Stop bickering I am getting ready to go down there I will report back how safe I think it is
Hmmm... interesting-good news for Negril....One thing I do know is that Jamaica (and yes, icludes Negril) Is not the most "Transparent" country when it comes to reporting crime..Many crimes of all nature has gone on that no one never hears about....But then again, Jam. is like that....No chat too much.....
" Ones destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things." (Henry Miller)
I think you missed the point of the OP's topic. These reports are from people in the UK...it has nothing to do with Jamaica being "transparent".
But, commenting on your separate topic...Jamaicans do have a tendency to 'handle' issues themselves...but may I also ask...do you really believe that all crimes are reported in all countries? I really don't think this is unique to Jamaica!
No its not unique to Jam....But were not talking about other countries are we??? This is about Jam-specifically Negril...and you know as well I do that crime happens in Negril that is swept under the rug so to speak...But yes, I would consider Negril safer than many areas of the world right now-ie certain parts of Mexico where I've lived before..
" Ones destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things." (Henry Miller)
I guess I don't know as well as you do???!!!
I live here and I don't agree with that statement...this is a small town...everyone knows everyone...pretty difficult to sweep things under the rug!!!!
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