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Disney Cruise backs down on Bahamas island plans
Facing strong local opposition, Disney has backed out of plans to develop a private resort on an uninhabited Bahamas island.
Disney Cruise Line planned to build a port on Egg Island but this immediately sparked outrage among local residents.
The plan was opposed by the local community who organised a petition of 3,000 calling for it to be blocked by the Prime Minister.
“We recently completed a careful and thorough review of a project at Egg Island and determined that the environmental impact of our intended development would be too significant,” Disney Cruise Line spokeswoman Kim Prunty said in a statement.
Kenred Dorsett, Bahamas minister of environment and housing, said: “We are just happy to hear the project will not go forward and the environment in the area will not be destroyed.”
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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