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2003-09-24 18:59:56
A Total Embarrassment
Why did it take a deluge of tourist complaints about Nassau International Airport before the message got through to the government that the gateway to the nation is a cess pit.
Yes, indeed, as visitor after visitor noted on their exit comments, the washrooms stink (when they work); they have soap and toilet paper sometimes; and they're grubby at the best of times.
Trying to find places that sell food or drink at NIA is a struggle at the best of times. But trying to find places that actually have food or drink is another matter. Trying to find somebody who cares is yet another.
Out of beer at noon? Pepsi is all gone. No peanuts.
Next.
The shop in the international departure area is closed more often than not. The security staff in departures are surly on their better days.
But why do we need a bunch of foreigners to tell us these things? Can't we figure them out for ourselves?
Is any of this new? Haven't we heard this before?
"It's pathetic" and "No one cares."
What a total embarrassment that visitors to a nation so dependent on tourism tell us these things over and over and the government reacts each time as though it were the first.
Talks are scheduled again on how to fix things, what to do. Great.
It doesn't take a huge brain to figure out what needs to be done. It does take, however, a commitment to some action, doing rather than more meeting, consulting and talking, the staples of Bahamian administration.
Editorial, The Nassau Guardian 
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