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This mile-wide British island boasts virgin-white beaches, turquoise seas, shoals of diversely patterned fish, and the world’s third biggest coral reef. Sadly, most passengers didn’t even see the beach graveyard of giant conch shells.
The ship docked 3 miles from town, on a beach where P&O’s parent company owns 13 acres of sea-frontage, and sells alcohol, tours and gifts to passengers (seemingly via their own staff or via shops leased to others). It seems P&O grabs extra profits every way possible. Even the local bronzed young guy said the shipping company employed his diving tours to the reefs, and I had to book on the ship or not go. The ship’s charge for scuba diving was £81 per person. He receives very little. It seems unethically anti freedom, that P&O should control and profit from passengers who may believe they’re buying from locals, or are unable to travel outside the 13 acre controlled site.
I suggest future passengers help island economies by buying from locals, maybe at discounts of 90%! Wouldn’t you rather not pay £81, and pay only £8 to £20, which is much more than poor local villagers normally earn? It's a win-win - unless you prefer to boost profits of shareholders of P&O and Carnival?
The ship docked 3 miles from town, on a beach where P&O’s parent company owns 13 acres of sea-frontage, and sells alcohol, tours and gifts to passengers (seemingly via their own staff or via shops leased to others). It seems P&O grabs extra profits every way possible. Even the local bronzed young guy said the shipping company employed his diving tours to the reefs, and I had to book on the ship or not go. The ship’s charge for scuba diving was £81 per person. He receives very little. It seems unethically anti freedom, that P&O should control and profit from passengers who may believe they’re buying from locals, or are unable to travel outside the 13 acre controlled site.
I suggest future passengers help island economies by buying from locals, maybe at discounts of 90%! Wouldn’t you rather not pay £81, and pay only £8 to £20, which is much more than poor local villagers normally earn? It's a win-win - unless you prefer to boost profits of shareholders of P&O and Carnival?
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