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The Cruise Industry Pressured Caribbean Islands to Allow Tourists Onto Their Shores Despite Coronavirus Concerns
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2000" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/03/14/coronavirus-cruise-ships-caribbean/" target="_blank"><strong>The Cruise Industry Pressured Caribbean Islands to Allow Tourists Onto Their Shores Despite Coronavirus Concerns - The Intercept</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Sam Duncombe, head of the Bahamian environmental organization reEarth, looked on with concern Thursday as island authorities debated whether to allow passengers to disembark from Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ Braemar, the latest ship hit by the novel coronavirus. Duncombe is a longtime critic of the cruise industry and has led the fight against Disney’s plan to build a private cruise port in an area recommended for marine-protected status, home to a fragile coral reef ecosystem. Cruise ships have repeatedly come under fire in the Bahamas for dumping <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article229667774.html" target="_blank">sewage</a>, <a href="https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2019/04/articles/pollution/bahamas-oblivious-to-carnivals-ongoing-pollution-of-its-own-waters/" target="_blank">food waste</a>, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/06/11/carnival-cruise-to-pay-20-million-after-admitting-to-dumping-plastic-waste-in-the-bahamas/#ed8588f3a6ff" target="_blank">plastic, and oil</a> into the aqua waters. Duncombe doesn’t trust the cruise industry to protect the islands from a health crisis any more than she trusts it to protect the environment.</p><p></p><p>The Dominican Republic <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-dominican/dominican-republic-turns-away-cruise-ship-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN20L3E1" target="_blank">turned away</a> the Braemar at the end of February due to health officials’ concerns about flu-like symptoms reported on board. But in a move typical of an industry that tends to play island nations against one another, the cruise company called the decision an “<a href="http://media.fredolsencruises.com/news/braemar-caribbean-latest-update-395609" target="_blank">overreaction</a>” and found a friendly port in St. Maarten. Passengers disembarked and new ones filed on board.</p><p></p><p>From there, the Braemar headed to Cartagena, Colombia, where an American who disembarked became <a href="https://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/caso-confirmado-de-coronavirus-en-cartagena-llego-en-el-crucero-braemar-471400" target="_blank">the first</a> recorded coronavirus case in the city. Four crew members and one passenger tested positive on a stop in Curaçao. Meanwhile, in Canada, Alberta’s chief medical officer <a href="https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/albertas-tally-of-coronavirus-cases-rises-to-seven/" target="_blank">revealed</a> that a Braemar passenger had tested positive after returning home from the ship. As the crisis continued to unfold on board, Barbados turned the Braemar away, and it headed toward the Bahamas, the country whose flag the ship flies, home to one of the busiest Caribbean island cruise ports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2000, member: 1"] [URL='https://theintercept.com/2020/03/14/coronavirus-cruise-ships-caribbean/'][B]The Cruise Industry Pressured Caribbean Islands to Allow Tourists Onto Their Shores Despite Coronavirus Concerns - The Intercept[/B][/URL] Sam Duncombe, head of the Bahamian environmental organization reEarth, looked on with concern Thursday as island authorities debated whether to allow passengers to disembark from Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ Braemar, the latest ship hit by the novel coronavirus. Duncombe is a longtime critic of the cruise industry and has led the fight against Disney’s plan to build a private cruise port in an area recommended for marine-protected status, home to a fragile coral reef ecosystem. Cruise ships have repeatedly come under fire in the Bahamas for dumping [URL='https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article229667774.html']sewage[/URL], [URL='https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2019/04/articles/pollution/bahamas-oblivious-to-carnivals-ongoing-pollution-of-its-own-waters/']food waste[/URL], [URL='https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/06/11/carnival-cruise-to-pay-20-million-after-admitting-to-dumping-plastic-waste-in-the-bahamas/#ed8588f3a6ff']plastic, and oil[/URL] into the aqua waters. Duncombe doesn’t trust the cruise industry to protect the islands from a health crisis any more than she trusts it to protect the environment. The Dominican Republic [URL='https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-dominican/dominican-republic-turns-away-cruise-ship-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN20L3E1']turned away[/URL] the Braemar at the end of February due to health officials’ concerns about flu-like symptoms reported on board. But in a move typical of an industry that tends to play island nations against one another, the cruise company called the decision an “[URL='http://media.fredolsencruises.com/news/braemar-caribbean-latest-update-395609']overreaction[/URL]” and found a friendly port in St. Maarten. Passengers disembarked and new ones filed on board. From there, the Braemar headed to Cartagena, Colombia, where an American who disembarked became [URL='https://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/caso-confirmado-de-coronavirus-en-cartagena-llego-en-el-crucero-braemar-471400']the first[/URL] recorded coronavirus case in the city. Four crew members and one passenger tested positive on a stop in Curaçao. Meanwhile, in Canada, Alberta’s chief medical officer [URL='https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/albertas-tally-of-coronavirus-cases-rises-to-seven/']revealed[/URL] that a Braemar passenger had tested positive after returning home from the ship. As the crisis continued to unfold on board, Barbados turned the Braemar away, and it headed toward the Bahamas, the country whose flag the ship flies, home to one of the busiest Caribbean island cruise ports. [/QUOTE]
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