http://nevisblog.com/nevis-government-and-private-sector-key-to-tourism.html Nevis Island Tourism Information. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:28:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://nevisblog.com/nevis-government-and-private-sector-key-to-tourism.html/comment-page-1#comment-83530 Robert Ormerod Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:22:07 +0000 http://www.nevisblog.com/?p=296#comment-83530 What a load of rot.As someone recently ripped-off when I took a severely sub-standard apartment in Nevis to hear that it is up to individuals to 'take ownership' of the tourism industry to make the maximum out of it. Has no one thought about regulation of rental property with quality gradings to demonstrate what the tourist might expect from the property that they hand over their hard earned money for. No sustainability, however pleasant your island is, will be possible until you get your touristic act together and provide some worthwhile assurance of accommodation standards for the visitor to feel confident in when spending on accommodation on your island. I paid a considerable amount for an apartment which was a converted basement with no ceiling higher than 6 feet, a kitchen 2ft 6in wide with hot water that had to be carried in from the bathroom and a lively menagerie of wildlife in the beds. I could elaborate further but to spare Shelley's feelings I won't. Please consider what it has cost your tourism industry not to have prevented the wretched accommodation being advertised under the auspices of the Nevis Tourism Authority. What a load of rot.As someone recently ripped-off when I took a severely sub-standard apartment in Nevis to hear that it is up to individuals to ‘take ownership’ of the tourism industry to make the maximum out of it. Has no one thought about regulation of rental property with quality gradings to demonstrate what the tourist might expect from the property that they hand over their hard earned money for.
No sustainability, however pleasant your island is, will be possible until you get your touristic act together and provide some worthwhile assurance of accommodation standards for the visitor to feel confident in when spending on accommodation on your island.
I paid a considerable amount for an apartment which was a converted basement with no ceiling higher than 6 feet, a kitchen 2ft 6in wide with hot water that had to be carried in from the bathroom and a lively menagerie of wildlife in the beds.
I could elaborate further but to spare Shelley’s feelings I won’t.
Please consider what it has cost your tourism industry not to have prevented the wretched accommodation being advertised under the auspices of the Nevis Tourism Authority.

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