A birds-eye view would have clearly given a new perspective to those with ultimate responsibility for designing our tramway tracks, roads and flyovers. That bigger picture requires that our political leaders climb up to the top of the mountain and look down at the valley where we live our everyday lives. What worries me in all this is the fact that everything seems to be done piecemeal, with little regard for the bigger picture. Let’s also forget that the purported increased spending is due to the depreciation of the rupee during the period he is referring to rather than to tourists indulging themselves. The five star hotels are offering all-inclusive packages and there is little out there left for the small entrepreneur who is desperate to make ends meet. Even here, let’s humour him and forget that there may be more tourists visiting the country but that they are not necessarily spending more. Let us concentrate on the good news in tourism announced by Obeegadoo. Let’s forget about the massive debts contracted in US Dollars to pay for the railway, its financial viability and the consequent capacity to pay back. Let’s forget for the time being about the tramway’s extension to Curepipe, that has choked the arteries of the towns it criss-crosses by reducing their roads to a single lane.
#Sumsung impression series
Otherwise, we end up in a continuous firefighting mode, with a series of knee-jerk reactions giving the impression of having solved one problem while creating a much bigger and longer lasting one. Good news has, however, to be looked at in context, without losing sight of the big picture. So, any positive development is likely to result in the satisfaction of citizens, no matter what their political affiliation is.
When the country does well, everyone benefits.
First, the launch of the Metro Express tramway from Curepipe to Port Louis and the tourism figures disclosed by Deputy Prime Minister Steven Obeegadoo: tourists are staying longer, he said, and are spending more.
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