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**Jam DOWN** » 2012-12-18 01:49

NEED TO KNOW;;;you have hit the nail right on the head;
I have been on 2 cruises;1 on Carnival Magic in Nov 2011 and all the spending cash I had for a week was $75.00.The ship went from Galveston TX,to Cozumel Mexico,The Cayman islands,and Montego Bay,JA.It was for 7 days.All I could have afforded to buy off the ship were about 4 beers total.The second cruise was earlier this year leaving the PORT EVERGLADES in Florida on The ALLURE of the SEAS.This time around,I only had $100.oo.On this cruise,the ship went to the Bahamas,St Thomas,and St Maarten.Out of the $100,I spent about $75 on the ship for gratuity and a few beers.My friend in st thomas came and look me up,so was my friend in st maarten and they were the ones who spent for getting me around,drinks etc.

**tenman** » 2012-12-17 16:25

Though 100 million ec (about 3% of our GDP) is nothing to bark at, is it really worth it considering the amount of moneys invested in this industry? We had 606,485 cruise visitors in 2011. This then means each tourist spent around 165 EC (61 US) per person. Should the focus not be in land based tourism? There is an article on https://bajan.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/is-cruise-tourism-worth-the-investment-carnival/ which argues the cruise industry is not worth its costs. In 2009 Cruise passengers spent 69 usd per tourist in Barbados, while in 2006, the figures was 111 USD. Agreed the writer is in a conflict but he does declare it and makes some valid points. We have increased the airport taxes, yet the cruise ships are able to be excused from this level of taxation. Currently we charge, 75 usd in airport taxes on stay over visitors (all visitors by air) tickets (see www.antiguaobserver.com/?p=83275) which is even more than the trivial 61 USD we get from cruise passengers. As usual we seem to be be giving incentive to the wrong group.

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**Dr. Dredd** » 2012-12-17 14:05

Let us put our national two facedness away and deal with reality. We did not have a problem supporting Obama even though he supports gay marriage because he is black. So our race superceded our religion.
Yet we dont want the gay cruise ships where the passengers spend REAL money. Ask anyone in Heritage Quay how much money was spent by the Gays when the cruise ship was allowed here.
So now money should tale preference over our so called biblical beliefs.

**Have Mercy!** » 2012-12-17 12:37

Really?????? Not according to John Maginley

**conceited** » 2012-12-17 11:18

Its time that those in authority stop paying so much attention to these cruise ship and their passengers. If not all but almost everything we offer to these people here the cruise ship sells them. How do we expect them to purchase here from our own? With such price at that! The tourism that we should be focus on are the yachties who bring more to out economy than these cruise ship passengers

**1ken** » 2012-12-17 06:40

The prices in Antigua are way too high.

**Need to Know** » 2012-12-17 04:53

Why is Antigua continuing along the current path with its cruise tourism? We seem hell bent on attracting the large ships that bring tourists with little or no money to spend. We should all know by now that cruising has become affordable to virtually everyone who can scrape together a few US dollars. This being so, most persons who travel on the mega ships were barely able to make the fare. The attraction is the unlimited food and the opportunity to see a different island virtually every day. Therefore, those passengers who manage to make it off the ship, will just walk around and spend the $5 or $10 they have in their pockets (if at all) while timing the lunch buffet. After that, they either go into the pool or back to the cabin to rest. It is better for Antigua to begin courting ships like the QEII and other such luxury ships whose passengers spend much, much more when they come ashore. Antigua was once a high-end market. Now we are vying for "poorists" and spending large sums in the process to develop infrastructure - sums we may never recover.

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