ANOTHER ISLAND WITH ANOTHER PROBLEM
Hey, I have to give them credit. They are open and honest about what is happening on their island and actually have a PLAN IN ACTION. Last I heard, the Aruban police aren't working any time soon.
Maybe some of the beautiful carribean vacation-lands can be saved with proper attitudes, people and direction...but unfortunately that will not happen right now. Aruba has turned on the HIGH BEAMS to tourist crime. At least something good came out of this.
Bermuda's reputation as a safe place for tourists is being eroded by a small number of criminals stealing from visitors on the beach, snatching bags from the baskets on the back of tourist mopeds or actually breaking into their guest house and hotel rooms at night.
There are things that can be done immediately to address these problems, said Shadow Tourism Minister David Dodwell. Reading from a number of rece
nt crime reports from The Royal Gazette he warned of the damage that was being done to the important sector of the Island's economy by petty crimes against visitors."I'm worried about things that are happening in our community such as visitor crime. It is getting out of hand," said Mr. Dodwell.
He highlighted a report of a visitor being robbed in a hotel room by an intruder carrying a machete, another of a visitor having items stolen while on the beach and another of a handbag snatch from a basket of a tourist motorcycle – all had occurred in the past week.
Suggesting ways to combat the crimes, Mr. Dodwell said it should be made a law that all rental cycles be fitted with lockable boxes rather than open wire baskets on the rear that make it easy for items to be grabbed – often by a thief riding pillion on a passing motorbike.
He said a more visible Police presence on the streets of Bermuda would make opportunistic thieves think twice before acting, and residents themselves need to recognise that "a crime against a visitor is a crime against the country" and should assist in reporting thieves and, in the instance of a thief on a beach, giving chase to stop them.
The good will from the $40m spent annually on promoting Bermuda's tourism could quickly be eroded away by instances of the petty crimes he had highlighted, said Mr. Dodwell.
Maybe some of the beautiful carribean vacation-lands can be saved with proper attitudes, people and direction...but unfortunately that will not happen right now. Aruba has turned on the HIGH BEAMS to tourist crime. At least something good came out of this.
AWARENESS!
‘Crime quickly eroding the Island’s reputation’
Bermuda's reputation as a safe place for tourists is being eroded by a small number of criminals stealing from visitors on the beach, snatching bags from the baskets on the back of tourist mopeds or actually breaking into their guest house and hotel rooms at night.
There are things that can be done immediately to address these problems, said Shadow Tourism Minister David Dodwell. Reading from a number of rece
nt crime reports from The Royal Gazette he warned of the damage that was being done to the important sector of the Island's economy by petty crimes against visitors."I'm worried about things that are happening in our community such as visitor crime. It is getting out of hand," said Mr. Dodwell.He highlighted a report of a visitor being robbed in a hotel room by an intruder carrying a machete, another of a visitor having items stolen while on the beach and another of a handbag snatch from a basket of a tourist motorcycle – all had occurred in the past week.
Suggesting ways to combat the crimes, Mr. Dodwell said it should be made a law that all rental cycles be fitted with lockable boxes rather than open wire baskets on the rear that make it easy for items to be grabbed – often by a thief riding pillion on a passing motorbike.
He said a more visible Police presence on the streets of Bermuda would make opportunistic thieves think twice before acting, and residents themselves need to recognise that "a crime against a visitor is a crime against the country" and should assist in reporting thieves and, in the instance of a thief on a beach, giving chase to stop them.
The good will from the $40m spent annually on promoting Bermuda's tourism could quickly be eroded away by instances of the petty crimes he had highlighted, said Mr. Dodwell.
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