Major loss of SXM Cruise Business 2019-2020 translate 25% less economic contribution of 35 USD million, loss of jobs and many taxis out of work. | SMN News

Source out of the BREA report 2017-2018

 The news coming from the FCCA that the cruise business will drop sharply by 25-30% is alarming. This has never occurred in the last 20 years at Port even during other hurricane rebounds. What is so surprising is that the FCCA President Michelle Paige confirmed via local paper that the relationship with the Cruiselines has not been transparent anymore and surely has weakened. This news totally contradicts what the Minister of TEATI Stuart Johnson mentioned during an interview on well-known radio station on French Side. Itinerary booking is forecasted 2 years

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