News - Honduras Looks to Develop Coast

FYI - News item about Honduras' Caribbean coast

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Honduras Looks to Develop Coast - Traci Carl/Associated Press
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011230/wl/exp_whose_beaches__1.html

"Honduras, looking to generate tourism dollars, is searching for investors
for two resorts - one with 1,600 hotel rooms, two beach clubs, a water park,
a campground and an equestrian club - on its northern coast, long home to
the descendants of black slaves and Carib Indians known as the Garifuna
(gah-REE-fu-nah). For some Garifunas, the hotels and shops could mean fewer
people will have to work in the United States. For others, it is a threat to
a way of life that to an outsider's eye has changed little from generation
to generation...

"Although government officials say the resorts will include day tours of
Garifuna villages, community leaders want to develop sustainable,
small-scale ecotourism - and not become sideshows to giant resorts with
spring breakers and water parks, said Miriam Miranda of the Central Office
of the Fraternal Black Organization in Honduras."

The entire article is online
>> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011230/wl/exp_whose_beaches__1.html

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