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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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In reading the article I can't help but wonder if this was generally known to be in the planning stages by the general public at large or was it one of those well kept secrets? If the groundbreaking is set, approvals had to have been given long before and yet it's only being talked about now?
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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09/02/2016 09:28 AM
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The numbers are just nuts. 1 million per year averages 2700 per DAY, which is roughly TEN 747's per day. No way.. As I said, is today April 1??
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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Wait, I remembered something like this a bit ago and found this story, which is about St. Lucia. Almost the same name??? Today IS April 1???
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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Wow, that's scary. If this is for real, I hope it doesn't end up the same. I hope this isn't some boondoggle just to line someone's pockets.. There's no way any of those numbers make sense.
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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I'm sure the business and government wizards on St. Maarten would never make the same mistakes or allow these things to happen on our beloved island. Just look at how well and with what speed they handled the final resolution of the Mullet Bay debacle. She says with tongue firmly planted in cheek.......... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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So 2700 tourists arrive daily and each stays one week, that adds about 19,000 people to a country with a current population less than 40,000. Then add a supporting population of significance because the 19K will eat, sightsee, buy things, etc., etc. We will probably be able to get 5 or 6 more years of visiting before nobody but Chinese and locals are on our favorite island.
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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Lots of Chinese financed Caribbean projects going on or on the books - Antigua, Trinidad, Jamaica, Cuba to name a few Several of them promise to make that island a caribbean hub for Chinese industry
This will be more of the same - Chinese money, probably Chinese labour, not sure how much really trickles into the local economy
The million people a yr - do the politician's really hear themselves when they speak outload?
Having said that - that makes two new P'burg area hotel projects announced - Sunwing's and now this project If 600+ rooms in total, turning over wkly, 2 per room, that's 1200+ new people per week flying in and out - that's over 6 737's a week from somewhere
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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09/02/2016 04:11 PM
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I've been involved in researching this almost all day, and of all the strange stories I've seen about SXM since I started "SXM Weekly News" 20+ years ago, this is THE strangest of all. Gawd. I think time lapse photography will show the building sink or the beach under it wash away or both. Maybe the Caribbean Lottery should have a When Will It Go game focused on this. Or maybe a Jimmy Buffett song!
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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It would take multiple 787s from Beijing and Shanghai daily year round to make this happen. It is more more likely that there will be a three-foot blizzard with temperatures near 0 F. tomorrow in SXM. Not bloody likely.
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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Insignificant number to them, maybe. To SXM, it is huge and totally unmanageable.
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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It sounds like most people on this thread believes they could run the island better than the current leaders in St. Maarten so I am curious to hear the other side of the story. Can anyone tell me why the leaders would want to allow this to happen and completely ruin and destroy their island? Are they doing it for the fun of it or is there a thought that they are trying to do better for their people and their island?
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Re: One million Chinese tourists per year?
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Some pure speculation. Once the hotel is built, perhaps it will make SXM an ''asian-friendly'' island, and the million includes people staying at other hotels as well, plus ''asian-friendly'' cruises. Chinese, who still prefer their kids to marry other Chinese, have what they call Love Boat cruises, where singles are encouraged to meet for prospective marriage. The Caribbean is perfect for that. And other Asians, Japanese, are likely to follow. So the numbers seem high, but with overflow to other hotels, and specialty cruises, the number may be high, but not unrealistic. Especially with other Chinese projects on other islands to include on cruise stops. Again, purely speculation, and a few Asian friends who told me about the Love Boat thing. Picture two or more cruise ships of 6K passengers on days--all Asian tourists--using the hotel pool and amenities. Like Atlantis in the Bahamas brings in cruise people on day-passes.
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