US President Barack Obama says his administration is moving to relax the requirements for applicants of tourist visas to the United States of America, and is targeting the Chinese and Brazilian markets to improve its tourist arrivals.
“Tourism is the number one service we export and that is because we have a great product to sell,” he said via video conference to those in attendance at the Caribbean Tourism Summit and Outlook Seminar 2012 being held at the Ritz Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in Montego Bay.
“…because we have a great product to sell,” Looking for votes, I see! What might that product be?
I have no faith in this so called “Black President”.I don’t totally blame him for the situation the US is in but it seems to me he will do or say anything to get re-elected. Maybe his is even making arrangement with the devil too.
But i still want him to succeed because success for him is a stepping stone for any other true black man or woman who would run for the presidential position in the future.
“so called “Black President”” ….he is black….no doubt about it.
Ten years in Dominica I have yet to see a Chinese tourist! The Chinese USA is talking about are the ones with cameras taking pictures and spending big money! It’s not a race thing it’s a money thang!
This may or may not be about election tactics as President Obama has also agreed to permit young migrants to remain in the US. According to a recent Executive Order, “Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children will be allowed to remain in the country without fear of deportation and able to work.
One thing that we can be sure about, however, the US administration will not be moving to relax the requirements for applicants of tourist visas from countries like Dominica where the issuance and ownership of our national passport remains in limbo and under suspicion of international fraud.
This man will do anything for a vote.
Don’t be suprised if he says he is gay…lol
China and brazil have money now, everybody want some. When you broke the kick you, when you have money they beg you and beg for friendship. Dirty world
YES it is, you know if thomas eddison and Ben franklin were born a bit earlier they might have been burned at the stake for witch craft… don’t expect the living experience to be uneventful.. its LIFE.. just remember that while “they” doing their calculations that you are also doing yours.
play foolish..allu guys aint kno elections coming up…everybody need to get up from infront the tv and do their research…be smart..dont be retard..this Cat been breachin all contracts since he went into office…they even gonna take back the noble peace prize dt was given to him…smh @ you obama..you make medicine sick
election coming up…fool people still
This is all due to election year tactics. He is also allowing all the illegals that have been in the states for years to stay and giving them voting rights. Sound familiar?
he is not giving them voting rights…. just allowing the children who grew up there with no fault of their own to be able to work and drive….get your facts straight… even though it is political, it is the right thing to do
Only for 2 years though! You think that tall tale teller playing. He put out the article and created hype and hours later the real story broke. ONLY for TWO 2 years. This man is full of trickery and mockery
Boy!Politics is a Sport….
Believe me,You got to know how to play the game…
So America can accept China’s help?!
The Oppositions in Dominica should take heed!
Those that oppose and critise every move the present administration does with the Chinese.
How can you possibly compare the two, people are right to be concerned because we can be easily swayed be anyone with a dollar, as your comment proves.
Who Obama think he fooling. The man is fool of. Why now? Is it because he is in difficulty in the presidential election campaign? Try another strategy brother!!!
alyou better be thankful to the chinese people because if it wasn’t for them alot of us would not be able to wear new clothes,. alot of children can now jump skip rope without having to worry about their panties having hole. All the so call big time stores were sooooooooo expensive, that we couldn’t afford to buy our children clothes for a long time. Thank to the chinese people. I grew up going to school without shoes. Now all my granchildren can go to school with shoes. Thank you again for the chinese.
you crack me up !!!lolololol
So true,some of the so-call big stores,their proprietors used to go SM,buy stuff 10 for $1 and back here and sell us 1 for $10.00….now they have competition they bawling.Let them take thier blows now….
Restrict DA people they acting ignorant and they phony.
Boy!Politic is a sport…..
Trust me,you must know how to play the game….
I wonder if they will still tell me “NO”?
-“No.”
-“But I…”
-“NO.”
Only ignorant Dominica don’t see the value of the Chinese
Dominicans are in a special cave where even though they have access to modern tech and media they till act like. Ave men and women.
listen lucy, Dominica doesn’t have what it takes to attract the chinese tourist….. the people they are speaking of “TOURISTS” if u are up to date with world affairs. are the new ELITE….these people want gucci, fendi, prada, Louis Vuitton etc etc…
these people are not looking for lime squash and coconut water…. let alone to get grass and bush stains on their chinchilla…
keep dreaming people….. we are an ECO TOURISM destination please don’t go out of context. the vendors on the boardwalk wont have what these people are travelling in search of…. they will bypass those stalls and go straight to pirates, land, Colombian emerald et al….
keep it all in context.
And only greedy Dominicans will sell their souls
Is there a catch somewhere? people please be careful.If something is too good to be true, usually it is. Please proceed with caution
u say that about the chinese as well nuh?
smh another one, do you even own a scrap of diamond? have you one peice of silk clothing in your wardrobe. gosh people stop uncovering the pot to reveal that its empty. these people are no looking for the dirt under my nails experience. they are looking for spas retreats and grandeur….smh what planet are dominicans living on?
What better way to get more finger prints? lol
The article linked to is a waste of time. No details on what was changed. All fluff and no substance. An internet search shows that at this time it is only being reported in the Jamaican media. Take this one with a grain of salt.
by the way, this does not include states whose national security is questionable due to the sale of passports and probable passport fraud…
That move is a pre-election strategy to win more votes. Your brain is at work Mr. Obama
in the US its no secret the nature of relationship with the chineese but in Dominica no one not one of us on the streets other than the Prime Ministers and a few of his close party collegues know the nature of the Dominica China Agreement, thats why we have to be concern.
CIA on the watch: “in the US its no secret the nature of relationship with the chineese.” Oh really? The “nature” of the relationship between Dominica and China and Dominica and the US is the same: mutual interest. It is also the same between China and the US …the US and Russia…the US and Bogoville.
Additionally, is there a “Dominica China Agreement?”
You are having some problems making a cogent argument here, CIA on the watch!
You seem to be contradicting Mr.CIA..”No one” not one of us on the streets…Yet the PM and a few others know…What’s your imput even you should know but mere critisen where the move is good or bad.
Wow…..so Obama sees the value of the Chinese market.
Hmmm
In the meantime in Dominica………….
meanwhile in dominica, potential tourist attractions such as the rainforest arial tram are closing down due to taxation, no subsidization and a downturn in cruise tourism. according to the minister responsible for tourism business is GREAT! we await reports with reference to the invitation of tourism business from china as well as the enhancement of our overall tourism product, subsidization where needed.
Hahahha. I like u. Lemme finish your sentence……”mean time in Dominica dem folks racist, spiteful and vindictive and lacking common sense. You swear they just got of the plantation. Them masters did a number on DA people boy lasting 100s of years. …..
apparently we have the short end of the stick in everything. i have no problem with china as a trading partner and in terms of tourism and other business just hate the feeling of being taken for fools who would rather beg than profit from the relationship(infrastructure is not profit since in the long run we have to meet the maintainence cost which can only be achieved through gaining income)
well there are diffrent stroke for diffrent folks,
what dominica is getting is not what america is getting.remember there are about one billion chinese.