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Pointing out that “Dominica is the cleanest city in the Caribbean\u201d Mayor of Roseau Cecil A. Joseph says cleanliness in Roseau has had no bearing on the decision of Carnival cruise vessel withdrawing from Dominica after 21 years.<\/p>\nPointing out that “Dominica is the cleanest city in the Caribbean\u201d Mayor of Roseau Cecil A. Joseph says cleanliness in Roseau has had no bearing on the decision of Carnival cruise vessel withdrawing from Dominica after 21 years.<\/p>\n
The announcement was made on August 27\u00a0 by the company\u2019s Senior Vice President of Marine Operations Brendan Corrigan, who said the decision was taken due to the high cost of fuel which has forced Carnival Cruise line to restructure Victory\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n
Joseph told reporters at a press conference today that he believes the reason provided by the cruise line for pulling out of Dominica is just.<\/p>\n
\u201cDominica stands out to be the cleanest city in the Caribbean. We have a more pristine environment\u2026 we are second to none,\u201d Joseph said in response to reporters\u2019 questions on Carnival\u2019s withdrawal.<\/p>\n
He said he has visited every island between Venezuela and Santo Domingo and none are comparable, in cleanliness, to Dominica.<\/p>\n
Government says the withdrawal of the vessel will not just affect the tourism industry in terms of visitor arrival, but more significantly the livelihoods of those who stand to benefit directly, like small business owners, taxi drivers, vendors, and farmers, among others. The mayor on the other hand believes the vendors and taxi operators can use this to amplify their own entrepreneurial talents and come together.<\/p>\n
He suggested that the organized tour operators and agents meet with the private tour owners and gypsies and see how best the agents of those ships could \u201cbuy off those gypsies\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat can be done is the gypsies should be allowed to go to the primary sites which would compete against the cruise line,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can work in a harmonized way in achieving a common understanding,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pointing out that “Dominica is the cleanest city in the Caribbean\u201d Mayor of Roseau Cecil A. Joseph says cleanliness in Roseau has had no bearing on the decision of Carnival cruise vessel withdrawing from Dominica after 21 years. The announcement…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":16428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism-publicity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n