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Bring Disney in to run everything

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belize is on that track, fast!

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The way I read the BTB statistics, in the last year or two, on the average day of the year there have been around 1400 visitors on the island. More in March, fewer in October.

This includes both "real" overnight tourists and folks who own houses, condos, etc. on the island and just come down for a couple of weeks or a few weeks a year.

In the entire country, from Corozal to PG, Belize City to Benque, on the average day there are only around 4,000 visitors in the country. (And fewer than 700 overnight tourists arrive on the average day, by air, land or sea.)

Where are all these South Beach people (and other new proposed or under construction projects) going to come from? Is tourism to Belize plus second home purchasing in Belize going to suddenly go ballistic and outperform all historical norms by a factor of 5 or 10 or 20?

Kinda hard to see it.


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Disney knows how to bring 'em!

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lan, thanks for always presenting facts.

i believe the stat for hotel occupancy averages about 40%. plenty of lodgings already available too.

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You are overlooking the ever increasing group of "Snowbirds" who own or rent and spend the winter...4 to 6 months. Its a large group.

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Originally Posted by Barnacle
it's the greatest, most technically advanced project IN THE WORLD, if their waste systems produce pure drinking water, if their foundations create more mangroves, if the mere presence of the project brings glorious rays from heaven,


You should do their PR.


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Uhhh...you haven't met Barn have you?

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jesse...there isn't an emoticon for sarcasm


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The snowbirds are included in the BTB statistics, as they arrive by air and are counted as international arrivees, but it is true their average stay is longer than the week or so of the average tourist. But despite the growth their numbers are still small, perhaps a few hundreds,in the overall picture.

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