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Tourists
also
interested
in a ferry:
In a 2014 poll of UK Tour Operators*:
•
90%
said that clients often inquire
about multi-destination holidays
• But
84%
are discouraged because of
the high cost of regional air travel
• UK tour operators believe they could
deliver a steady stream of bookings for
a reliable, safe, and inexpensive ferry
•
70%
of operators feel a ferry service
could increase tourists to the Eastern
Caribbean by more than
5%
, over time
*
Driving Tourism in the Eastern Caribbean; the Case for a Regional Ferry:
World Bank, 2015
(S. Brian Samuel, Rachel Shahidsaless, Julie Barbet-Gros & Trang Tran)