Tourists cannot come to VI & 'do what they want'- Premier Fahie
He said while it is understandable that the sector would be eager to make money, they should enforce the rules on their guests.
The Premier was at the time giving his contribution to the bill entitled, 'COVID-19 Control and Suppression (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2020' at the Wednesday, November 25, 2020, Third Sitting of the Third Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) in Duff's Bottom, Tortola.
Don't let guests dictate protocols!
"We cannot have persons visiting and when they come to your hotels or your boats or whatever and come with the mindset that they are coming to a small island state and they could do what they want. It will not be accepted," he pointed out.
He added: "I am asking persons not to let your guests dictate what is going to be done with the health protocols. They are not COVID-19 specialists, they are not doctors, and it will be unfair for us to ask the people of the Virgin Islands to adhere and they adhere to all the measures and to have a few people come and break the rules and dictate the pace for us and create cases where we would have to be looking about whether to shut down or not."
VI could suffer from tourists actions
Premier Fahie said, if the protocols are flouted, the entire territory could suffer as a result.
He referred to other countries who, for the want of a dollar, allowed guests to do as they please and disregarded the protocols. This, he explained, placed the staff, their children and the rest of their families in danger.
"We would have made $15,000 for the day as an example, but when we shut down we lost a $150,000," he warned.
Previous lockdowns because of COVID-19 had resulted in significant loss of revenue for the government and the people of the territory.
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27 Responses to “Tourists cannot come to VI & 'do what they want'- Premier Fahie”
Just be honest big boy.
Although we don't need to worry that much because hardly anyone is coming. They are going to St Thomas, Antigua and St Maarten instead.
time they have heard that they are rude bullies. They pride themselves on being rude bullies. They are comfortable not being loved and simply tolerated. They are whats wrong with God's green Earth and are a sin to any Parasdise they visit.
he face still fat up. he not feeling no squeeze
.do what u want premier. is your country alone
Charity begins at home. We need to abide by the policies in place or we are going to make ourselves sick long before the tourists begin to arrive. We need to be the exemplars. Too many people here taking this serious thing for a joke.
By the way, what happened to the officers hired by the government to do random checks at business places to ensure that the protocols are being adhered to? Did they go into hiding?
Tired of seeing the protocols being blatantly ignored. When I see no mask I have to ask - what's going on BVI? Can’t we move away from this 'anything goes' mentality? Bout time.
And look how well that turned out.
Received about 30 minutes after. Tried about 10 times but the same results.