Posted by Bill Everett on September 27, 2001 at 22:35:01:
In Reply to: H.I. Slow posted by Charlie Melot on September 26, 2001 at 12:23:08:
If commercial airline service continues unabated, hopefully we will see the regular seasonal visitors return as in past years. Let us
hope that is the case. We need the joys and the
peace of Harbour Island more than ever! How are the Christmas season/New Years bookings at the hotels?
We just returned from a long weekend on H.I. and haven't seen it that slow in the last 5 years. No tourists. Almost no "homeowners". The Bohengy is in drydock. Arthur's is closed so there's no raisin bread. They say the airlines are bringing in just a handful of people per flight so flight cancellations won't be a surprise. Visual flights by private aircraft are still prohibited. I'm concerned about how this "air travel problem" is going to affect the people on H.I. We need to "talk it up" and get new people to replace those who won't put out the effort to get there! Regatta this year apparently will not even pretend to be a boating event and will be called "Homecoming".