"And in the cruelest cut of all, a Placencia hotel owner recently stated that while Lan had been consistently giving his resort a 3 star rating for several years, he knew for a fact that Lan had never actually been there, thus calling into question the very reliability of his many tour guides."
Which reduced to two stars the next day.
"It’s about time this constant criticism ended. Throughout the 90’s, Lan had built himself up as the leading expert on Belize. At the time, Belize was not on the tourist map and he had the field pretty much to himself. The Internet was just beginning, and within Belize was too expensive for anyone to use with regularity. Now however, when someone asks a question on a website, they can be answered by numerous people who actually live in the country and have the most up to date information, be it regarding real estate, hotels, or tourist attractions. How do you think this makes Lan feel, to watch his claims of expertise questioned, or worse, be disregarded completely?"
He asked for a lot of criticism by commenting on non tourist topics.
And Perhaps in a typical american fashion , he has never had a problem to promote himself (like this board allows to promote self interest) at the expense of someone else's website. No doubt he could of thought he was "owed" it. Riding on the back of another might be typically american , but it is not very nice.
"He has probably encouraged more people to visit Belize than the rest of us put together"
Nor do i disagree with this .
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