Bahamian PLP Candidate Lashes Out at Lack of Tourism Investment

PLP candidate Gregory Moss says tourism is virtually dead on Grand Bahama and the FNM government has done nothing to reduce government taxes in the tourism sector. According to Mr. Moss, many small hotels have closed and the escalation of airport fees and increased government taxes has left the island uncompetitive.

"Instead of attempting to address that they (the government) have advertised Nassau as if it is the entire Bahamas and left out Grand Bahama and the other Family Islands," he said.

Mr. Moss was speaking to supporters on Friday at the Grand Lucayan resort. The attorney is the standard bearer for the PLP in Marco City. He said the FNM government continues to lie to Bahamians saying that the global recession is the blame for the state of the economy. Despite the recession, Mr. Moss stated that tourism has increased in many of the Caribbean islands, except the Bahamas.

He reported that the Caribbean Tourism Organization website shows that tourism has actually increased from 2008 to 2011 by four to 10 per cent in just about every other island of the Caribbean, while at the same time tourism decreased in the Bahamas.

Mr. Moss said the PLP will lower government taxes at the airport and for hotels to make the island more competitive.