Newspaper Article St. Thomas has always been dependent on tourism. For years, tourists have been visiting the island for its pristine beaches, and is known as the best shopping spot in the caribbean. The tourism industry is very important to locals, because this is what gives many their source of income. Usually St. Thomas is booming with tourists. However, recently the island has gone through a rough patch. Two category five hurricanes struck the island within two weeks of each other, creating a serious downfall in the economy. After the hurricanes, the island had become completely unrecognizable; homes and business were destroyed, famous beaches were no longer safe to swim in, St. Thomas’s only airport was damaged, and there was an island-wide …show more content…
Not only this, but after the hurricanes many cruise lines sent out ships to help families who needed to leave the island, free of charge. Lavesh Dhanani, a worker for Royal Caribbean said, we actually helped build magen’s bay, our CEO and our emergency travel team, they actually went to St. Thomas and, they went to meet up with local officials, and they actually helped to rebuild magens bay, and San Juan, Puerto Rico we had the Adventure of the Seas and the Enchantment of the seas, which we basically chartered out to pick up tourists that were stuck in either St. Thomas or San Juan and we had the ships pick them up. The Adventure of the Seas canceled 2 sailings and the Enchantment canceled one, and we picked them up and brought them to Fort Lauderdale where we dropped them off, so any residents that were displaced and had nowhere to stay, they had no food, so we picked them up on our ships and took them to Fort Lauderdale where they were dropped off and basically put into FEMA or if they had family here they could be with their family …show more content…
Thomas once again. When asked if he saw St. Thomas’s tourism industry making a comeback, Sanjay Rupani said, “The tourism industry is making a comeback because cruise ships did start coming back the second week of November, but they’re coming back with a limited schedule and we did see a drop of about 30% in the number of cruise ships visiting the islands compared to last year, and as far as the hotels go, I still think we will get tourists back as long as the hotels are up and running, but from what we hear, the two major hotels on the island, the Marriott and the Ritz will be closed for at least another year,”. It is evident that even though St. Thomas suffered economically after the hurricanes, the tourism industry is rising and will hopefully be restored to what it once was. When Lavesh Dhanani was asked the same question, he responded, “The tourism industry is coming back real good, in fact all of our ships are sailing back to the islands, of course, you know we had three, four months without going to the islands but now all the ships are going back and everything is back to normal, no issues in any of the ports, and you know, we’re bringing tourists to the
A lot of homes, businesses, and other places were destroyed. Atlantic city homes were flooded. Many people, not just in New Jersey, had no power for days to weeks. The storms surge made it all the way past the board walk. Hoboken, New Jersey was hit hard. Their homes, businesses, and transportation ways and means were destroyed. Winds there were counter-clockwise making it worse for Hoboken. A lot of New York was hit too. They also had no power for long periods of time. Many of their homes and etc. were destroyed during the storm.
Leading up to this storm, many prominent scientists believed that the hurricane would never make landfall, or if it did hit, would not cause any major damage. Due to this foolhardy belief held by the scientists, many civilians did not have any time to evacuate their homes and barely escaped with their loved ones and whatever small valuables or keepsakes they could grab. Regretfully, many families had to leave everything they had behind. Hurricane Andrew also damaged the livelihood of many small shop owners or farms and caused long term problems as well. Due to the large flooding and high wind speeds, much of southern Florida was left in ruin and many years were spent trying to clean the rubble and restore buildings. Hurricane Andrew also destroyed many precious ecosystems on top of all of that.
The category 3 storm changed the lives of the residence who lived there forever. The storm in combination with the fault of the man-made flood protection walls (levee’s) resulted in the death of at least 1,300 people (1). With nearly half the victims over the age of 74, deaths were caused by; drowning, injury/ trauma and heart conditions (2). Hurricane Katrina was one of the most costliest storms to land on American soil, costing around US$135 billion in damages (3). Although the number of deaths caused by Hurricane Katrina are not as high as other natural disasters, Katrina displaced a massive amount of people from their homes, around 85% of the population were displaced directly after the storm hit (6). Being one of the most devastating natural disasters to hit the United States, Hurricane Katrina impacted not only the residence of New Orleans by also many of the surrounding
Hurricane Katrina roared through Louisiana demolishing everything in its path. It obliterated the city of New Orleans, inside and out leaving almost nothing untouched and intact. Homes, schools, office buildings, and almost all infrastructures were ravaged by the mighty storm. Thousands of people ...
New Orleans by far felt the biggest effect of Hurricane Katrina. Many people were rescued but had nowhere to go and the government was not prepared for the disaster. There was no plan for recovery. Communication failures were one of the major problems which included power failures and broken telephone lines. Homes were destroyed and many were left stuck on the roof of their broken homes. Most of the city’s major roads and buildings suffered extensive damage. Countless people were left unemployed and homeless. Above all, the worst effect caused by Hurricane Katrina was the final death toll of 1,836 people with 705 still reported
In summary, the events of Hurricane Katrina had left a lasting and devastating impact on not only the general public, but also those within public safety including local, state and federal agencies. The storm had affected nearly hundreds of square miles resulting in thousands of casualties, and people misplaced with no homes to go to as well. In addition, there were many contributing factors that had resulted in major life, including the geography of New Orleans, how the levees around New Orleans were built, as well as the lack of coordination between local, state and federal officials.
...because they had received early notice and were able to protect themselves in caves. However, their water supply was affected, threatening their fruit supply. These storms have historically hit the island with terrible frequency. In one instance in the 1950s, 200 islanders were killed by a famine in the aftermath by a storm. (ABC News Online, January 4, 2003)
The Island is known as Tangier Island. Tangier Island is one of the most isolated and extraordinary places in the U.S. Those who live on Tangier Island get their supplies to them by mailboat (Cronin). The island is an hour and a half ferry ride from the rest of the world. They travel to mainland for food, supplies, etc. Just 1.2 square miles in all, Tangier Island is home to more than 500 full-time residents whose families have known one another for decades (Storm). Tangier Island is so small they travel by Golf carts and bikes. Tangier Island is used to get away from mainland to a small community, with little to no violence. Many citizens speak in a thick accent native to the island, equal parts Southern twang and English brogue. The traces of Elizabethan English still present in the accent may have been influenced by working-class Brits who came to the island early in its settling. Vowels are extended to multiple syllables, making certain words hard to understand to outsiders (Storm). On September 18, 2003 the Chesapeake Bay was hit by Hurricane Isabel. The cost of damage for Maryland was 275 Million and for Virginia it cost more than a billion. The Islands Watts, Tangier and Smith Islands were completely submerged (8). Some of the names famous in Tangier Island is Parks, 93 residents had that name in 2009, 75 citizens had the last name Pruitt and 65 people
On Friday evening, September 7, 1900, many of the 37,000 residents of Galveston, Texas, were settling down to dinner, few if any of them concerned about the steady 15 mph northerly wind rattling their windows. Within 48 hours, at least 8,000 of the townspeople would be dead, victims of the single worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Relatively few people are aware that the deadliest natural disaster in the United States was the hurricane that struck Galveston Island on September 8, 1900. One of the best resources that can be found to help fully understand the significance of this storm is Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson.
Imagine the horrors that accompany a great hurricane. Visualize the wind, rain, and waves. Hear the piercing screams through crashing waves, crushing buildings, and trees falling. Picture the great devastation. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was caused by abdominal weather conditions, and led to great destruction. Many lives were lost, and colossal rebuilding of the city had to take place. New city laws and plans were adopted from the hurricane.
Hurricanes are powerful and destructive storms that involve great rain and wind. The United States of America has dealt with many hurricanes that have cost a great amount of damage. However, there is one hurricane that happened in 2005 that stands out among the others, Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst hurricanes to hit the United States, a category 5 on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale. An estimated 1836 people died because of the hurricane and the floodings that happened after (Zimmermann 1). Katrina initially beg...
In 2013-14 Tauranga had 83 voyage calls, 25 vessels entering with 83 port days in total. They also had 100 unique passengers and 149,000 passenger port days. Tauranga has established itself as a go-to destination for cruise passengers, with its natural beauty and friendly locals it is not hard to see why. Over the years, Tauranga’s cruise tourism has changed from the 2013-14 statistics, the amount of voyage calls this year has gone down but the amount of unique passengers has gone up to 160,100.
Barbados previously dabbled in the mass-tourism industry, but currently primarily offers a more up-market and luxury product. The success of tourism was traditionally measured in percentage annual increase of arrivals, however this type of measurement ignores important variables such as length of stay or visitor expenditure and seasonal variations. This fa...
...ponents. To run smoothly the parts have to basically work together like a well-oiled machine. There are several factors that can drastically change the way the market goes. The state of the world basically drives the tourism industry, as does the pretty bells and whistles. What the media has to say can drive the market as well, and when disaster strikes the numbers drop. I know that the future is unpredictable, but additional safety training and procedures are essential to all types of businesses even tourism. The images that had the captain leaving his ship and the passengers and crew to fend for themselves was devastating, and the most recent image of the cruise ship with bags of human waste…painted a disgusting and lasting negative image in the minds of views. I could imagine many ticket holders calling to cancel cruises at the sight of that, thanks to the media.
According to the ‘World Tourism Organization’ (UNWTO), the tourism industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world, as it is estimated that by the year 2020, 7.8 billion people (roughly a quarter of the world’s population) will embark on a foreign trip (Bennett & Gebhardt 15). The Caribbean is said to be the most economically dependent on this industry, as the ‘Caribbean Tourism Organisation’ states that the industry forms the “economic backbone of most countries in the Region”(“Caribbean Tourism Industry” 1). The implications for tourism’s affect on the region have arisen and have prompted further research into this matter. Since the 1970’s, research regarding tourism in the Caribbean has attempted to determine the social, cultural, environmental, and economic impacts of tourism. Much of the research has found that there are in fact many negative adverse effects, and Jackson’s article asserts that, “Governments often commit money and other resources to support the growth and development of tourism and often turn a blind eye to its negative impacts” (574).