02-06-2015, 03:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-06-2015, 04:01 PM by Westenders.)
But not everyone who lives in the west end is involved in the tourist industry or benefits from it so why should they be educated to kiss tourists arse.
Maybe some of them come across a little intimidating because maybe they are fed up with know it all tourists with a sense of entitlement and an opinion on their way of life that they don't appreciate.
Not all tourists are like that, but I sure see many there, and on these boards.
Seriously no matter how long some people have been visiting, they may never get that, because they go with a heart full of negativity.
Jamaica is more than just a tourist destination, with limited areas that actually are, as you all know.
No tourists or tourist dollars in the parts of Hanover and Trelawney where I have family and friends.
Not all my west end family don't profit from tourist money either.
When we go there I am the only tourist in our circle. I give respect, I get respect.
Yes some people are fresh and fasty...same as in our countries...I hate that they won't stand in a line at the shop, but hey, I just do the same now. No stress.
Sadly for some, jamaica is full of jamaicans, so why go would be my question!
AIs are not my thing, but they do employ plenty people, let's not forget that. Those little boutique and home run places a lot of us favour pay the same poxy wages as the AIs. A girl we talked to on our recent stay at Rooms told us she gets paid 3700 JD per week, and she dose'nt live in Negril, has to travel for that wage.
I find it a little odd how people widely contributed to the thread recently asking for alternatives to jamaica, all of the suggestions were for countries with a similar if not poorer socio economy to jamaica. No mention of sub standard hospitals there.
Cuba....poorer than jamaica with an equally outdated infrastructure. I can't see a mass exodus there personally, I wouldn't go back. There is certainly only AIs there. There is Beggy beggy attitude there too.
We were swimming in the sea and some Cubans swam up to us asking us for clothes.
The hotel staff also asked us for clothes and hair and beauty products, which we did leave at the end of our holiday. The only reason they didn't ask for cash is because tourists spend a currency that Cubans cannot use.
Same Cuban lotharios looking for a little holiday romance with the tourists too.
Can't see what the impact will be. Cuba is not the party capital it was before Fidel kicked the Americans out.
But it is a beautiful country, with lots of beautiful people and an amazing history and culture...just like JA imo.
Maybe some of them come across a little intimidating because maybe they are fed up with know it all tourists with a sense of entitlement and an opinion on their way of life that they don't appreciate.
Not all tourists are like that, but I sure see many there, and on these boards.
Seriously no matter how long some people have been visiting, they may never get that, because they go with a heart full of negativity.
Jamaica is more than just a tourist destination, with limited areas that actually are, as you all know.
No tourists or tourist dollars in the parts of Hanover and Trelawney where I have family and friends.
Not all my west end family don't profit from tourist money either.
When we go there I am the only tourist in our circle. I give respect, I get respect.
Yes some people are fresh and fasty...same as in our countries...I hate that they won't stand in a line at the shop, but hey, I just do the same now. No stress.
Sadly for some, jamaica is full of jamaicans, so why go would be my question!
AIs are not my thing, but they do employ plenty people, let's not forget that. Those little boutique and home run places a lot of us favour pay the same poxy wages as the AIs. A girl we talked to on our recent stay at Rooms told us she gets paid 3700 JD per week, and she dose'nt live in Negril, has to travel for that wage.
I find it a little odd how people widely contributed to the thread recently asking for alternatives to jamaica, all of the suggestions were for countries with a similar if not poorer socio economy to jamaica. No mention of sub standard hospitals there.
Cuba....poorer than jamaica with an equally outdated infrastructure. I can't see a mass exodus there personally, I wouldn't go back. There is certainly only AIs there. There is Beggy beggy attitude there too.
We were swimming in the sea and some Cubans swam up to us asking us for clothes.
The hotel staff also asked us for clothes and hair and beauty products, which we did leave at the end of our holiday. The only reason they didn't ask for cash is because tourists spend a currency that Cubans cannot use.
Same Cuban lotharios looking for a little holiday romance with the tourists too.
Can't see what the impact will be. Cuba is not the party capital it was before Fidel kicked the Americans out.
But it is a beautiful country, with lots of beautiful people and an amazing history and culture...just like JA imo.