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Haiti - Tourism : The demonstrations endanger the tourism sector
22/11/2018 08:41:21
Marie Christine Stephenson, the Minister of Tourism strongly condemns the incidents that occurred on Monday, November 19 on the National Road #1, where 2 foreign tourists were wounded by bullet https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-26173-icihaiti-insecurity-2-foreign-tourists-injured-by-bullets.html , during shotting on the minubus of the Royal Decameron in which they were.
"[...] Minister Stephenson deplores above ail the fact that these acts affected our fellow citi¬zens, our foreign visitors, but also our investors who participate in economic growth and the creation of many direct and indirect jobs despite the particularly difficult socio-economic context of our country.
The minister wishes to remind the protesters that in demanding their rights, they must at ail times respect human lives as weil as publiC and privatep roperties. As good citizens, they must be concerned about the image that Haiti projects internationally. She invites protesters to demonstrate peacefully because it is imperative that this industry remains above the antagonisms for the collective well-being [...]"
See also :
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-26173-icihaiti-insecurity-2-foreign-tourists-injured-by-bullets.html
HL/ S/ HaïtiLibre
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