‘Swim with the Dolphins’ hard hit this tourist season - Manager
According to Mr Gilbert they are feeling the effect of the Cruise Pier being out of operation for this season as it is reflecting by the number of persons that would visit during this time of year when compared to previous years.
But they are currently shuttling persons from as far as St Thomas USVI to keep business afloat. “…we are bringing the people from St Thomas. Imagine that you are on a cruise and they are going to tell you that they are going take you on a tour that takes an hour from St Thomas to Tortola to swim with the Dolphins and then just go back.”
Mr Gilbert said that it is not easy but they are managing to stay alive because of their relationship with the various cruise lines, “and that’s why we are still having people… I know that the pier is going to be ready soon but that’s how we are surviving now by bringing people from St. Thomas and from the hotels.”
He pointed out that because of the current situation with the Cruise Pier under construction most persons cannot get sufficient time to swim with the dolphins but rather would only pass in the taxi cab and looking in for short moments and move on.
He said that currently they are working very closely with the various concierges and agencies to reinforce what they are doing, explaining how the business is beefing up their services in a quest to continue to attract more patrons.
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30 Responses to “‘Swim with the Dolphins’ hard hit this tourist season - Manager”
Mmmm, wait is not India the poorest country in world, the dirtiest river and lot of sick people .....
Nice that the considered dolphins as non human person
Well done India !!
By the way rite way is selling " Dolphin Steak "
OMG !!!
W....ck, this didn't work in 2011 and it won't work in 2014. The sensationalism, flooding all the blogs with one line ignorance, it will not work. Bring solutions.
We can place you in the pen and have the tourist watch you swim, LET THE DOLPHINS GO.
Send them home!
The NDP is doing some fancy footwork here, just getting the new pier financed and built yet those who want cruise ships still aren't happy, pretending the NDP is supposed to be some king of fairy godmother, expected to snap their fingers and magically 'appear' a mega dock.
get a grip.
Oh, and BTW- why doesn't the USVI have it's own 'dolphin discovery'?
(I'll give you a hint: the google online dictionary defines 'inhumane' as:
"without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel."
their example is:
"confining wild horses is inhumane")
google it.
That is life. A constant tug of war.
It is within each one of us to do the moral thing whenever possible .