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Hurricane-devastated Grenada comes back
In the four months since hurricane Ivan devastated Grenada, including 70% of its hotel inventory of 2,000 rooms, the island has reopened most of its major attractions and welcomed back its cruise ships.
Grenada is also well on its way to its five-year master plan of recovery and rebuilding, according to Brenda Hood, Grenada’s minister of tourism. She cited one example of the re-building effort: the December opening of a new mega-cruise facility. She said:
“Hurricane Ivan is history. Grenada is rebuilding and moving forward.”
Ms Hood said that close to 1,000 hotel rooms are open to visitors and electricity is close to 100% back up, island-wide.
More than 300,000 cruise visitors are projected to call in 2005, a 12% increase over the first nine months of 2004.
Report by David Wilkening
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