(I hope you received and read all 10 chapters so far. Let me be clear. I have done this because I want Jamaica to be poor no more. I hope it stimulates action. Hence I am repeating below the original intro:

To paraphrase lines from Thomas Gray’s poem, “Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard”,
“Full many a book is born unread
And waste it’s sweetness on the library bench”.
In order to avoid that fate for my book, “A Jamaica Poor No More”, I am giving you the opportunity to read this book for free. Yes, read this book for free. If you care about Jamaica, read this book. If you care about any underdeveloped country, read this book. Read it and spread the word, especially to persons of influence.

I will send the text of this book to you,  a chapter approximately each week by email for free. I am doing this because I want Jamaica to be poor no more.)

Chapter 11

Tourism – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Tourism is the single most important generator of foreign exchange for the Jamaican economy, It employs the second largest number of Jamaicans (approx. 200,000) both directly (in hotels, transport, attractions, and craft), as well as indirectly (trading, manufacturing, banking, etc. mainly in and around resort towns).

However, I have witnessed some adverse side effects of tourism which the Goodwill Revolution can fix.

• I took the airport shuttle from Montego Bay to Negril. All the other passengers were white. They received excellent treatment at their hotel destinations. The driver was very professional, driving them right up to their luxury hotel, removing and lugging their luggage inside, displaying a great positive attitude. But, when he came to my hotel, he parked outside on the road and pointed up the driveway to my hotel. I did not move until he reluctantly drove up the driveway and then parked. 
  Money rears its ugly head again. Obviously, white tourists have more money and tip better than black tourists. So, the white tourists in general probably get better service than black tourists. I have had a similar experience trying to hail a taxicab in Washington D.C. Money has the power to make black Jamaicans discriminate against their fellow black people!  The goodwill revolution solution is for these workers to give excellent service to all tourists regardless of their perceived race or  economic status.

• I have also noticed that the craft vendors are not particularly friendly to each other. Once again money is the root cause. I don’t see how these vendors can make a living in this occupation. Their fellow vendors are competitors for little money. They are forced to jockey with each other to get that scarce tourist buck. So they become nice to tourists but hostile to each other. They see tourists as a meal ticket but see colleagues as competitors for that meal ticket
• I spoke with a hotel waitress. She gets a poor salary and is just a contract employee. Contract employee means she works for a limited time, no permanent employment, no vacation, no sick leave and no promotion. However, she is grateful to have a job.
• Right there on the beach, I saw a hotel security guard trying to prevent a vendor from harassing a guest to buy his wares. The security guard was an old man. The vendor finally obeyed the guard but not before menacing and hurling a torrent of abusive profanity at him. Fortunately it did not escalate into violence.
• One morning I felt for some nice ackee and saltfish for breakfast. Besides, I like to patronize the small local entrepreneurs. So, I asked a local Jamaican on the beach for directions to such a restaurant. He suggested I follow him to the restaurant but that I buy him breakfast too. I refused because I did not want to encourage locals to charge money just to be helpful and polite.

I am sure that all over tourist regions in Jamaica, good people are being corrupted in this way. What a shame! But, the goodwill revolution can fix this so that everyone benefits and mutual respect and ‘goodwill’ prevails.