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Tourism re-opening a ‘new adventure’ susceptible to failure – Skelton-Cline

The capital City Road Town in the [British] Virgin Islands. Tourists in the Virgin Islands have to adhere to strict COVID-19 protocols, including testing, before they are allowed to interface with the general public. Photo: VINO
Calling on the people of the Virgin Islands to practice greater vigilance and to help each other as the re-opening of the Virgin Islands tourism sector gets going, ‘Honestly Speaking’ radio moderator says with the re-opening, some issues may arise. Photo: VINO/File
Calling on the people of the Virgin Islands to practice greater vigilance and to help each other as the re-opening of the Virgin Islands tourism sector gets going, ‘Honestly Speaking’ radio moderator says with the re-opening, some issues may arise. Photo: VINO/File
VI's tourism sector re-opened on December 1, 2020, after a period of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic amidst strict opening policies where tourists will have to face mandatory quarantine before they are released into the general public. Photo: Facebook/File
VI's tourism sector re-opened on December 1, 2020, after a period of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic amidst strict opening policies where tourists will have to face mandatory quarantine before they are released into the general public. Photo: Facebook/File
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Calling on the people of the Virgin Islands to practice greater vigilance and to help each other as the re-opening of the Virgin Islands tourism sector gets going, ‘Honestly Speaking’ radio moderator Claude O. Skelton-Cline said, with the re-opening, some issues may arise.

“People of the Virgin Islands, some things will go well… some things will not go so well, some things may even go poorly… that's the nature of when you are on a new adventure and you are facing something for the first time,” Skelton-Cline said on the December 1, 2020, edition of his radio show.

He said Virgin Islanders should expect that the re-opening would have some issues, however, personnel are trained, and the territory is fortified to be able to handle any challenges.

Skelton-Cline went on to say, “Some things are not going to go so well, there's going to be room for tweaking, so don't get on Facebook and don't get on all these other places and show the lower extremity of your posterity. 

Report instances of COVID-19 policy breach - Skelton-Cline 

“Let's hold it together, let's identify [and] report to the proper authorities something you see, something you hear, something you come to understand and let's take care of it.”

He said as such, politics should be put aside and with all Virgin Islanders coming together to create and maintain a safe haven in the territory so that VI’s citizens can engender life along with livelihoods.

“Don't flood the place with all the negativity and all this stuff... we [are going] to handle this and we will do it in a way that all of us have a win-win situation,” he said.

VI's tourism sector re-opened on December 1, 2020, after a period of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The reopening comes with strict opening policies where tourists will have to face mandatory quarantine before they are allowed into the general public.

11 Responses to “Tourism re-opening a ‘new adventure’ susceptible to failure – Skelton-Cline”

  • piss off (03/12/2020, 09:03) Like (3) Dislike (5) Reply
    See something? Don’t say S**t.
  • just wrong (03/12/2020, 09:22) Like (12) Dislike (1) Reply
    Does this guy always look at a glass half empty?
  • Anyway (03/12/2020, 09:25) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
    Pastor Cline, why are you all up in this. Your input is not needed in this. Stay out of things that don’t concern you. Since when did you started to work or have experience in TOURIST INDUSTRY?
  • I guess (03/12/2020, 09:37) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    THE GOOD PASTOR IS THE NEW TOWN CRI-ER NOW?.
  • Faithful Worker (03/12/2020, 10:24) Like (1) Dislike (12) Reply
    CSC is on Government's payroll so he has all rights to give his advice on anything governmental. You all say he doesn't do anything for his pay and when he tries to do something, you all come on here bashing him. Darned if you do and darned if you don't.
    • @Faithful Worker (03/12/2020, 13:49) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
      Please explain 2 things that Cline has DONE TO PRODUCE HONEST FRUIT FOR THE COUNTRY HE LOVES. ALL I SEE IS A PERSON GETTING HIS AND HIS ONLY.
  • Servant of the "Most High" God in Christ Jesus (03/12/2020, 12:14) Like (0) Dislike (5) Reply
    True, Mr. Claude Skelton Cline do often cleaved to opinions that he should not, and says things that he should zipped. But even when he says things as sensible as this, his quittisiziers never stop quitisizing him. I think that he should be applauded for his honesty on this one.
    One a scale of 10, my score for Claude Skelton Cline is: 9. We are expected by God not only to be honest speaking people, but also to reconize honest speeched from other equals. Amen
    • TO : Servant of the "Most High" God in Christ Jesus (03/12/2020, 13:36) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
      You are definitely a servant , but of the Most High, well I am dubious about that because I know if He interviewed you , you would not have gotten the job because you wouldn’t have passed a simple spelling test. On a scale of 1 to 10, I will send you back to class.

      “Quitisiziers”?
      “speeched”?
  • dear lord (03/12/2020, 12:18) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    I am of the view that for a pastor who ought to know the power of words, you are so negative and you may disguise it as being real but dear God.

    Negative energy , being real and faith all cannot co-exist.
  • Rubber Duck (03/12/2020, 13:37) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    What tourism industry?
  • @ dear lord (03/12/2020, 15:33) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    I guess the pastor left you flabbergasted with his cute way of cussing bad words. Did he upset the lower extremity of your posterity? Never mind take two Phensic and call him in the morning.


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