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Royal Caribbean International has suspended stops at private destination Labadee in Haiti through the summer amid continued violence in the country. “The safety and security of our guests, crew ...
Some 130 miles north of Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince the private cruise port Labadee is receiving guests at a resort with its own security and controlled access.
Rival Carnival Corp does not have any cruise stops in Haiti. (This story has been corrected to say Labadee is a 'secluded peninsula,' and not 'private island,' in paragraph 1)
Labadee, a cruise ship destination. In 2012, the industry generated US$200 million (mostly from cruise ships). [1] In December 2012, the US State Department issued a travel warning about the country, noting that while thousands of American citizens safely visit Haiti each year, foreign tourists had been victims of violent crime, including murder and kidnapping, predominantly in the Port-au ...
The Freedom of the Seas moored in Labadee. Labadee is a 260-acre private resort that was leased to Royal Caribbean Cruises in 1986. [5] In the 1990s, it was variously reported that many cruise ship guests who disembarked at the location were unaware that they were in Haiti [6] - at least in part because the cruise company seemed to have a policy of referring only to Hispaniola, not that they ...
The island of Hispaniola, which Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic, places Haiti in an ideal location for drug smuggling between Colombia and Puerto Rico. Because Puerto Rico is a Commonwealth of the United States , shipments are generally not subject to further U.S. Customs inspection after reaching the territory.
Labadee is a resort in the north of Haiti, far from the gang violence and civil unrest in major cities Cap-Haitien and Port-au-Prince. The resort is fenced and has its own security.
The State Department has been warning Americans against visiting Haiti amid ongoing violence. Here’s what airlines and cruise lines are doing now. Is it safe to travel to Haiti right now?