Give'em hell, Katie.

--Lan Sluder

Just to put cruise tourism in perspective, here's a selective list of how many cruise day-trippers various ports get annually, from the CTO and BTB (figures are from 2003):

Belize City 575,000
Cozumel 2,750,000
San Juan, PR 1,230,000
USVI 1,770,000
Bahamas 3,000,000
Jamaica 1,300,000
St. Maarten 1,700,000

--Lan Sluder

Well said Sir Isaac Newton. Many good points in your post.

PS: Lan's stats are interesting. If these other locations are coping, I'm sure Belize will also.

Still, the concerns expressed, are understandable. Belize is like a child, we all want the best for our child/children.