Tourism

[Yuriatin]

Talk about, <span style="font-style: italic">out of the mouth of babes</span>.
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<span style="font-size: 17pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">‘Focus on Us Rather than Tourism’</span></span>
– July 14, 2011Posted in: Editorial

The editor

Sir

I live in Priory, St Ann and always read the North Coast Times. I am a young person, I was born on the North Coast and I know a fair bit about it. The North Coast has great people, wonderful beaches and countless beauty spots.

However, I have some concerns. I think there’s too much emphasis placed on tourism and not enough focus on the people of the North Coast, especially the youth. We have so many young people on the North Coast and not much for them to do. I feel it’s time for well thinking Jamaicans with the means to maybe partner with the government and build some junior colleges here on the North Coast that are affordable to everyone, especially for us that are on the lower end of the economic spectrum.

We should have colleges that have good career opportunities that are geared towards the development of our young people. Then and only then will we start to address the under lying issues of the youth of the North Coast and, by extension, of the country.

<span style="color: #FF0000">The sooner we realize that we can’t just rely only on tourism, the better it would be for us. The tourism cake is getting smaller and smaller. However, we still have to protect our share of the tourism cake, but also we have to step up our investment in educating our young people not just to high school but beyond that. There has to be a concerted effort to get as many of our people to the college level</span>. I firmly believe if we go in this direction, Jamaica will be the envy of the world sometime in the near future. I also believe we can’t afford not to.

I am etc.

Patrick Johnson

Priory PA

St Ann

http://northcoasttimesja.com/2011/07/14/%E2%80%98focus-on-us-rather-than-tourism%E2%80%99/

[jah_yout]

Re: Tourism

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The sooner we realize that we can’t just rely only on tourism, the better it would be for us. The tourism cake is getting smaller and smaller. However, we still have to protect our share of the tourism cake, but also we have to step up our investment in educating our young people not just to high school but beyond that. There has to be a concerted effort to get as many of our people to the college level. I firmly believe if we go in this direction, Jamaica will be the envy of the world sometime in the near future. I also believe we can’t afford not to.</div></div>


sounds good, but not gonna happen under the current two-headed monster jlp/pnp;

jamaica needs a strong, visionary figure with military backing to take on the two-headed monster &amp; related gangsters

[StarGirl]

Re: Tourism

Very well written by this young person. And unless they take his advice, people of his calibre will leave the island as soon as they can. :-(

[Yuriatin]

Re: Tourism

I was thinking the same thing. So very, very well written by this young person.

Very sad situation we're in.

From <span style="font-style: italic">my</span> view - <span style="font-style: italic">my </span>experience, too little benefit to the man on the ground from tourism. Too much eaten up by the big man. The people just reap the crumbs. Not even proper roads we get. Di lily poor farmah buss im arse fi cyah im goods gah mahkit. Pikni dem ah riss life an limb fi reach school. Tourist road - cris nuh hell.

I suppose we're all a bit too play, in a way tho - but dang. When will our leaders start investing in the people? I wont hold my breath.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: StarGirl</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Very well written by this young person. And unless they take his advice, people of his calibre will leave the island as soon as they can. :-(
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[j-kid]

Re: Tourism

If yuh memba back, education was Jamaica's focus for many decades. even di poor iggler ooman an man scrimp an scrape fi sen dem pickney goh ah di best ah schools, even though dem neva finish schoolin. Problem was, dat afta finishing all yuh schoolin an get yuh big degrees an lettas dem, unless yuh di right complexion, hav di right last name, proper connections, or can drop money pan di right crooked politicians or middle-man, yuh career was doomed. As ah result, yuh ended up inna som low level jab, or nat having any jab at all. Consequently, many of or brightest decided tuh leave di island fi farin lands.

Soh schooling certainly is great, but having honest oppurtunities in JA is the key, and a fair equal chance to those opportunities. Partenering with Govmt., will only benifit the common man if yuh hav honest government.

[mountaingal]

Re: Tourism

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: J kid</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If yuh memba back, education was Jamaica's focus for many decades. even di poor iggler ooman an man scrimp an scrape fi sen dem pickney goh ah di best ah schools, even though dem neva finish schoolin. Problem was, dat afta finishing all yuh schoolin an get yuh big degrees an lettas dem, unless yuh di right complexion, hav di right last name, proper connections, or can drop money pan di right crooked politicians or middle-man, yuh career was doomed. As ah result, yuh ended up inna som low level jab, or nat having any jab at all. Consequently, many of or brightest decided tuh leave di island fi farin lands.

Soh schooling certainly is great, but having honest oppurtunities in JA is the key, and a fair equal chance to those opportunities. Partenering with Govmt., will only benifit the common man if yuh hav honest government. </div></div>

hear, hear.

[evanovitch]

Re: Tourism

The govt is but the first but not necessarily the greatest hurdle...the oligarchy is n it is STILL alive n running bizniz in Jamaica...

They have never made allowances come between dem n dere profits...it is to their benefit to keep an impoverished

Cannot help but think of small farmers' hard fight to be hotel suppliers versus the array of liqueur bottles at the drink stations from dat well known n longstanding yaad name..dats some serious change.....never knew there were that many bright-hued likkas out dere

Bravo to the original letter writer