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Party raps Government for handling of tourism affairs

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The People’s Party for Democracy and Development (PdP) has given the Barbados Labour Party a failing grade with respect to matters on tourism.

The verdict was handed down by the party’s spokesperson on tourism and regional and international transport, Scott Weatherhead on Thursday in the Leader of the Opposition’s office in Parliament.

“We believe the Government is doing a really poor job of managing the tourism sector given the restructuring of the various tourism entities of Government-owned and managed state owned enterprises now together, along with some of the other projects legislated to come online, many of which have been stalled.

“Some have been badly handled, particularly the Hyatt project and the acquisition of lands. You don’t go about a project like that where Government goes and acquires private lands ostensively and then leases those lands for another private hotel,” he charged. (RA)

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