Caribbean Report 23-07-1992 - Ransome, Debbie (anchor); Maynard ), Charles (interviewee; Odle, Peter (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent); Haji, Abdullahi (interviewee); Vaart, Peter Van der (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1992)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:34)
2. Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Charles Maynard discounts the argument made by St. Lucia’s Tourism Director Allen Chastanet, that full authority be given to the CTO in negotiating with cruise ship operators(00:35-03:33)
3. President of the Barbados Hotel Association, Peter Odle, labels the summer tourist season in Barbados as the worst ever. Correspondent Sandra Baptiste reports on the impact this has on hoteliers and employees (03:34-06:54)
4. Correspondents Hugh Crosskill and Abdullahi Haji report on the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth day of Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia, the Rastafarian religion and Ethiopians’ view of Selassie (06:55-11:54)
Keywords: Cruise lines -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Tourism Organization; Tourism -- Barbados; Haile Selassie I, -- Emperor of Ethiopia, -- 1892-1975 -- Centennial celebrations, etc.; Birthdays -- Centennial celebrations, etc.; Refugees -- Suriname; Repatriation -- French Guiana; Refoulement -- French Guiana; Spain -- Colonies -- Congresses; Surinamese refugees -- Repatriation -- French Guiana; Human rights -- Refugees -- French Guiana; Ibero-American Summit, 1992