Maybe Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Tourism need to talk to each other and decide if they want the tourist dollar to go to Belize or another country in the Caribbean that is comparable. When we were on AC last winter we didn't find Belize to be such a bargain (food, transportation, rent etc.) compared to other islands we have been too. Perhaps money to pay for the airport improvement and its operation could/should be raised through other taxes so as not to reduce the amount of tourist dollars coming into the country... but then maybe they have decided to slow down tourism so AC doesn't become another version of Cancun or Florida.