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Too Soon For Travel To Haiti?

The cruise ships stopping at the beach resort of Labadee, a popular Haitian port 60 miles from the devastated Port-au-Prince, have become the center of controversy lately. Read more.

Should vacationers relax and have fun with so much suffering elsewhere on the island?

  • Yes. It would be worse to halt the port calls and deprive locals of what they earn from tourism
  • The cruise lines should pay Haiti its regular port fees, but not actually stop there
  • Vacationers should volunteer their time to help the Haitians, instead of relax on the beach
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