FECTAB Says Port of Magical Belize Is the Best Cruise Port Option

Rosado added that Belize is in desperate need of a mainland cruise port. He says that Harvest Caye was proposed as a solution to the industry, but it still does not put cruise passengers on the mainland without booking a tour. He spoke on the speed with which Harvest Caye was built in comparison to the failed Stake Bank Cruise Port project. In his commentary today, Rosado came off as a proponent of the Stake Bank project, though he made it clear in the end that his loyalty lies with Port of Magical Belize. Rosado’s position is that the Port of Magical Belize is currently the best option for a mainland cruise port.

 

Yohny Rosado, Member, FECTAB

“I hope Belize understand that the Federation of Cruise Tourism are outspoken because our industry is falling apart little by little, why, because the manipulation of the politicians are going the wrong way. Do you remember the Federation of Cruise Tourism have been fight for a mainland port? Do you remember that FECTAB and about hundred members at old Belize when we filled up that building when they brought us the engineers and technocrats telling us that Harvest Caye would be a success for the country of Belize and they were bringing new ships to Harvest Caye and we were fighting tooth and nail and they bring Harvest Caye to us. And what happened afterwards, where is Harvest Caye? You know Harvest Caye has one of the low rating bad reviews, because tourist don’t know, they believe they are going to Belize. They don’t know they are going to be stuck on an island. If you want to get out from there, you have to purchase a tour. Stake Bank was supposed to be successful. We and the industry, the mess that Stake Bank is giving us is a shame. But Stake Bank invested millions to have a mainland port for the cruise tourism industry for the tourist to have a good time and it failed. Why did it fail, because Mr. Feinstein was not well connected with the party in power? Because Harvest Caye was well connected? Cause it was rapidito style. Now Commerce Bight, rapidito style. Everything rapidito style out there. Now, everything out there but in Belize City where we have the majority population, where we need jobs, the people are going back out there and running out of our country to America because we are not making the life out there we are to be doing.”