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Is there a cruise ship port of call in the works for southern Belize? Talks of a massive tourism development project, to be spearheaded by Norwegian rome walking tours Cruise Line, has been bubbling below the surface for the past few weeks, despite strong objection from environmentalists, as well as residents of Placencia and surrounding communities.  Crawl Caye, a small, coral-rimmed, mangrove island located within the South Water Caye Marine Reserve, rome walking tours a UNESCO World Heritage rome walking tours Site, has been chosen as the location for a deepwater rome walking tours docking facility in the Stann Creek District.  The development, it is reported, will also see the construction of a world class resort and casino.  In 2011, a report, commissioned by the Belize Tourism Board, presented by Seatone Consulting, indicated that such endeavor to introduce mass cruise tourism should not be undertaken in the area.  That report succeeded public and private rome walking tours consultations with tourism stakeholders on the peninsula.  This morning, a team of executives from Norwegian Cruise Line, accompanied by attorney Emil Arguelles, met with B.T.B. officials to discuss and finalize the development master plan.  Several issues are being raised about the environmental impact the project would have on the protected rome walking tours area; including the transformation of the island from a rich marine ecosystem into a sandy beach. rome walking tours Of equal concern is that a green light from B.T.B. would also mean that the organization is contradicting its position on cruise tourism in the south, in spite of the findings of the 2011 report.  News Five attempted to get a comment from Director of Tourism Laura Esquivel-Frampton, but we have been unsuccessful.
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Here we go again with those environmentalists opposin everything- those expats go have succeeded abroad now wan to retire away in a third world peaceful country but don t want it to develop so they want the natives to continue fishing rome walking tours for them and serving them- not to stand on their own feet- you think Florida would listen to them when they built mega Disneyland there- no the crocodiles had to move over and out. I say bring the development and the jobs and the extra cash- we surely need it down here- I m tired of being a security guard for foreigners who act like maya beach and placencia is their sole little rome walking tours kingdom and we are their subjects- welcome to belize Norwegians
belize is famous for its environmental beauty. we need to capitalize on that. not sell out to the big cruise industry who builds fenced in villages that do not allow locals, controls businesses, does not employ locals and eventually local businesses go out of biz. just look at belize city. we need small biz tourism rome walking tours that spreads the wealth. rome walking tours also the govt of belize should negotiate with the airlines. right now a ticket from us to belize is more than twice the price of one to costa rica. why dat????