A black Maryland couple was found dead at a Dominican Republic resort

[MikelArteta]

I was talking to a white dude at work who said he went on a cave tour in Mexico. He said it was lunch time and he wasn't paying attention and was drinking regular water. I asked, well what happened? He was like I had the shyts for two weeks.

always drink out of a bottle, even when you brush your teeth use bottle water

and i always remember this great advice @Hiphoplives4eva gave me when I went to Lagos, any drink you get make sure there is NO ICE in it. Them ice cubes as well can give you the runs

 

[Bigblackted4]

i wouldnt say its dangerous if you stay in the tourist areas. But the thing about DR to me is that like punta cana there isnt really anything to do if you leave the resort and you always feel you have to watch over your shoulder. In Jamaica resort areas there are cops everywhere, cuba might be the safest ish ever id walk from downtown varadero to my hotel at like 2am in the night

Yeah she did study abroad in Cuba and loved it also a lot of family all over the Caribbean and Virgin Islands too, so she’s not foreign to it but it’s not that good.

 

[AlainLocke]

Sounds like some socialist babble and I say this as someone who prefers socialism over capitalism. And I be like your posts. But this is socialist babble. Unless you Trinidad, Cuba or Haiti(which has minimal and agriculture potential but thats a whole other story) you as a Caribbean country DEPENDS on tourism. Most Caribbeans are not even against tourism it helps employ many of them and heck most are welcoming of westerners. Fact is the Caribbean has little resources it can exploit their tiny ass islands in the middle of a sea. Outside of agriculture there are hardly any economic gains outside of tourism.

And WTF do you mean "slums." Unless you talking about Jamaica, DR or MAYBE Trinidad??? I went to the Bahamas twice and the Bahamas is among the RICHEST nations(via GDP per capita) in the western hemisphere with a stable economy. The only people in poverty there are the Haitian migrants. I know because... I been there twice. That is what tourism has done for the Bahamas and i DARE you to find a Bahamian complaining about tourism in the Bahamas. Same thing for Barbados. Heck most Caribbean countries outside of the larger ones aren't even poor. This is what I mean with people who hardly travel. Labadee, Haiti is an EXAMPLE of what you're talking about.


PS: I don't even like resorts.

I do travel but I stay with locals and just hang out with locals and I just live like a local as much as possible and then I leave.

Just because you can benefit from being exploited doesn't mean you aren't being exploited.

If you are employed you are being exploited even if you like your job.

There are Bahamians that don't like being reliant on the tourism industry

Growing up in the Bahamas, a tourist’s paradise came with a price

Tourism’s outsized presence in the Bahamas stands in opposition to the question of national identity, which is an ongoing one for any country. This problem feels less and less abstract as I get older and watch as the economic downturns and political upheavals in other countries affect my own. Still, the questions with the least definitive answers can be the most accessible: What aspirational value is there in pandering to the comfort of wealthy, predominantly white Americans?


There are plenty of countries with little natural resources that are able to develop economy that doesn't rely on being an escape for Westerners.

Singapore is one of them. Japan is one of them. England is one of them.

They have banking, technology and a lot of other things going for them besides being adult Disneyland for Westerners.

I don't see how anybody can sit here and be okay with a country just being a tourist destination, catering tourists and multinational corporations and etc so people can have a job.

Even European countries tourist attractions don't want to deal with tourists and be dependent on tourists.

Opinion | The Revolt Against Tourism


Outraged by tourists’ boorish and disrespectful behavior, and responding to the complaints of their constituents, local officials around the world have begun to crack down on tourism, and the tourism industry, even in the face of opposition from their national governments, which want the tax revenue from tourists.

Barcelona, a city of 1.6 million that receives over seven million people a year, represents the turn toward regulation. Taxis and tour buses have taken over entire neighborhoods, while souvenir shops and bars have displaced pharmacies and greengrocers.

The city’s mayor, Ada Colau, 41, who was elected in May, announced a one-year ban on new tourist accommodation citing the swarms of students who have all but taken over the Ciutat Vella, or Old City, of Barcelona. Last August, hundreds of residents erupted in spontaneous protest after images of three Italian tourists wandering naked in the neighborhood of La Barceloneta were circulated online. Her greatest worry, Ms. Colau says, is Barcelona’s turning into Venice.

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[Bawon Samedi]

I do travel but I stay with locals and just hang out with locals and I just live like a local as much as possible and then I leave.

Just because you can benefit from being exploited doesn't mean you aren't being exploited.

If you are employed you are being exploited even if you like your job.

There are Bahamians that don't like being reliant on the tourism industry

Growing up in the Bahamas, a tourist’s paradise came with a price

Tourism’s outsized presence in the Bahamas stands in opposition to the question of national identity, which is an ongoing one for any country. This problem feels less and less abstract as I get older and watch as the economic downturns and political upheavals in other countries affect my own. Still, the questions with the least definitive answers can be the most accessible: What aspirational value is there in pandering to the comfort of wealthy, predominantly white Americans?


There are plenty of countries with little natural resources that are able to develop economy that doesn't rely on being an escape for Westerners.

Singapore is one of them. Japan is one of them. England is one of them.

They have banking, technology and a lot of other things going for them besides being adult Disneyland for Westerners.

I don't see how anybody can sit here and be okay with a country just being a tourist destination, catering tourists and multinational corporations and etc so people can have a job.

Even European countries tourist attractions don't want to deal with tourists and be dependent on tourists.

Opinion | The Revolt Against Tourism


Outraged by tourists’ boorish and disrespectful behavior, and responding to the complaints of their constituents, local officials around the world have begun to crack down on tourism, and the tourism industry, even in the face of opposition from their national governments, which want the tax revenue from tourists.

Barcelona, a city of 1.6 million that receives over seven million people a year, represents the turn toward regulation. Taxis and tour buses have taken over entire neighborhoods, while souvenir shops and bars have displaced pharmacies and greengrocers.

The city’s mayor, Ada Colau, 41, who was elected in May, announced a one-year ban on new tourist accommodation citing the swarms of students who have all but taken over the Ciutat Vella, or Old City, of Barcelona. Last August, hundreds of residents erupted in spontaneous protest after images of three Italian tourists wandering naked in the neighborhood of La Barceloneta were circulated online. Her greatest worry, Ms. Colau says, is Barcelona’s turning into Venice.

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Yet... Bahamas unlike Japan relies on tourism. So...

 

[GoAggieGo.]

You said all that and ain't talk about any hos?

Shiiett, them girls was on nikkas like a pack of gnats to a puddle of water. They know when money is around, and don’t mind coming up to ya.

I had a great time in Sosua. That nightlife is great.

 

[I Really Mean It]

The fact you think everyone in Latin American is dirt poor shows why you need to get out more.

I didn't say everyone in Latin America is dirt poor. Obviously, I don't think that, if the reason I don't like visiting these countries is because the majority of people who live there are exploited by wealthy, U.S. backed elites. You need to understand the history of these countries, how capital has flowed into them, who commands that money, and the fact that very little of it sees the hands of the people, the majority of whom are poor. My problem with a lot of black people who think shyt is sweet and want to travel to these exotic places is that most of them are not aware of what the U.S. has done to suppress economic reforms that would improve the quality of life for their citizens. No country - save for Canada, primarily because it's majority white - in the Western hemisphere is allowed to break free from the neoliberal policy orchestrated in Washington to serve the interests of those who control capital. Read some Noam Chomsky when you have some time. Perhaps, then, you will understand my perspective. The only country in the Caribbean that I would visit is Cuba.

 

[Mike Nasty]

I didn't say everyone in Latin America is dirt poor. Obviously, I don't think that, if the reason I don't like visiting these countries is because the majority of people who live there are exploited by wealthy, U.S. backed elites. You need to understand the history of these countries, how capital has flowed into them, who commands that money, and the fact that very little of it sees the hands of the people, the majority of whom are poor. My problem with a lot of black people who think shyt is sweet and want to travel to these exotic places is that most of them are not aware of what the U.S. has done to suppress economic reforms that would improve the quality of life for their citizens. No country - save for Canada, primarily because it's majority white - in the Western hemisphere is allowed to break free from the neoliberal policy orchestrated in Washington to serve the interests of those who control capital. Read some Noam Chomsky when you have some time. Perhaps, then, you will understand my perspective. The only country in the Caribbean that I would visit is Cuba.

You typed all that bullshyt, yet have never left your basement. Go outside.

 

[I Really Mean It]

You typed all that bullshyt, yet have never left your basement. Go outside.

So, you admit that you're unlearned about the geopolitical stranglehold the U.S. has on the Carribean and Latin america, the extraction of capital that has occurred, and the resultant poverty that continues to persist. When you soak up some knowledge, maybe you'll understand. Until then, go enjoy your trips to DR or whatever other victim of neoliberalism you want to visit, breh.

 

[Mike Nasty]

When you soak up some knowledge, maybe you'll understand

This is all coming from a dikkhead who said he's not traveling anywhere but Europe and Japan.

 

[I Really Mean It]

This is all coming from a dikkhead who said he's not traveling anywhere but Europe and Japan.

Those were just two examples I gave of places I've been to instead of the Caribbean. I'll travel to countries in Africa at some point, too, since it's majority black and has - so far - not been compromised by the neoliberal machinations of the U.S.

 

[mag357]

Wait until the bodies get here? A white woman just got beat near death, in poor countries, they will spin shyt to not lose tourist money.

I heard this is the second time this has happened in DR in the last few months

Theres something fishy about that white ladies story top tho...
She was beat up but not robbed and they dnt believe she was sexually assaulted...
She didnt want to file a report

 

[Mike Nasty]

Theres something fishy about that white ladies story top tho...
She was beat up but not robbed and they dnt believe she was sexually assaulted...
She didnt want to file a report

Someone in another article comments said her husband probably beat her and she knew better than to send him to DR jail.

 

[mag357]

Someone in another article comments said her husband probably beat her and she knew better than to send him to DR jail.

Yea, alot of ppl are saying it was probly the husband.
I think it had to be maybe alil bit of the husband being involved and something else too.
Her story of wanting to get a snack, then saying she wanted to get some pix of the beach or sky or some shyt, that late at nite...by herself..
Just sounds like bullshyt.
And ppl saying its cameras and security everywhere...
The fact she didnt get robbed and I dnt believe she was sexually assaulted either...
Makes this case kinda funny sounding

 

[AlainLocke]

Yet... Bahamas unlike Japan relies on tourism. So...

Yeah because Japan and Singapore has developed an advanced economy and hasn't dedicated itself to depending on tourists.

If a country lacks natural resources to trade, it has to develop a highly sophisticated and advanced labour force.

Maybe they do maybe they don't. As a country with 60 percent of their GDP in tourism, it shows no signs of doing so.

I am sure the Bahamas got more to offer the world than be a vacation spot.

Vacationers get more from the Bahamas, than they the Bahamas get from them.

And I ain't shytting on anybody from going because i's no really he fault of some tourist that some of these national and city governments around the world decided to be adult Disneyland for people that come from advanced economies instead of making one.

 

[Mike Nasty]

I'll travel to countries in Africa at some point, too,

and I'm headed to Jupiter next month, and Saturn in the Fall.