# Should Cruise Lines Port In Haiti? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 20, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-cruise-lines-port-in-haiti/550837 "2010-08-20T04:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-cruise-lines-port-in-haiti/550837/1 "2010-08-20T04:33:08Z")
The haitian economy is a mess. If cruise ships stopped at Haitian ports, there would be some hard cash coming in, jobs generated, etc. What woul it take cruise lines to commit to stopping their ships for port calls there? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-cruise-lines-port-in-haiti/550837/2 "2010-08-20T05:23:58Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > The haitian economy is a mess. If cruise ships stopped at Haitian ports, there would be some hard cash coming in, jobs generated, etc. > What woul it take cruise lines to commit to stopping their ships for port calls there? They don’t now? I don’t know what it would take, really. Though honestly, when tourism was the big industry 30 years ago, I suspect Haiti’s economy was pretty rotten otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-cruise-lines-port-in-haiti/550837/3 "2010-08-20T05:27:40Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > > [@ralph124c](#): > > > > The haitian economy is a mess. If cruise ships stopped at Haitian ports, there would be some hard cash coming in, jobs generated, etc. > > What woul it take cruise lines to commit to stopping their ships for port calls there? > > They don’t now? [They do.](http://www.royalcaribbean.com/altGatewayPage.do?pagename=Haiti_relief) ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-cruise-lines-port-in-haiti/550837/4 "2010-08-20T07:15:49Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > > [@foolsguinea](#): > > > > They don’t now? > > [They do.](http://www.royalcaribbean.com/altGatewayPage.do?pagename=Haiti_relief) I’ve been on that cruise. Touristy (like all the stops), but a nice day at the beach. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Captain\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-cruise-lines-port-in-haiti/550837/5 "2010-08-26T09:39:34Z")
I had a friend from high school who went to a port outside of Haiti but did not enter the country. He said that kids were out swimming in the sea begging for coins with him and his brother throwing coins at them. There are private resort areas for tourists which are guarded by fence and armed guards. I would never, ever enter Haiti on my own without someone who has been in that country well. It is not a safe place and wasn’t before the earthquake hit. Except for Cuba (which would be fascinating) and Grand Cayman, I would not venture in the Caribbean. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-cruise-lines-port-in-haiti/550837/6 "2010-08-26T10:19:14Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > The haitian economy is a mess. If cruise ships stopped at Haitian ports, there would be some hard cash coming in, jobs generated, etc. > What woul it take cruise lines to commit to stopping their ships for port calls there? They do, I was in Haiti back in Feb with Royal Caribbean. The line dropped off mattresses and bedding, and pallets of food and water. Labadee is a semi private peninsula that Royal Caribbean leases instead of going the private island route like some other lines do.