The Chinese are coming and they are coming in droves. Finance Minister Gibson made that announcement yesterday during a lecture at the university.
Because the groundbreaking for the hotel project is on the agenda for September 17, a mere nine days before the elections, politicians will probably be quick to dismiss this as an election stunt. If it is, it’s a darn good one.
We take the announcement of the finance minister at face value. After all, this could be exactly what the doctor ordered for our sluggish economy.
Bringing one million Chinese tourists to the island will present its own set of challenges – if not in terms of infrastructure and hotel capacity, then at least in terms of communication.
Those challenges are ahead of us and it is better to grab the bull by the horns and deal with them than to waste time and energy on wondering whether this does not sound too good to be true.
You hit the jackpot not that often and if this is one of those moments, all the kudos belong to Finance Minister Gibson and Prime Minister William Marlin.
Published Friday, September 2, 2016, in the Today newspaper
