Rediscovering Haiti Chéri
Rediscovering Haiti Chéri by Jim Hutley The one thing that has suffered the most in Haiti’s economy over the last six decades of dictatorships, hurricanes, and a massive earthquake in 2010 is the lack of a vibrant tourist industry. Prior to the Duvalier regimes, beginning in 1957, Haiti had a relatively strong tourist business with fashionable hotels in Port-au-Prince and some small beach resorts between the capital and Petit Goâve and north on Route Nationale # One towards St. Marc. Tourism picked up a fair amount after Jean-Claude Duvalier took over…