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Dangriga development plan: From Culture Capital to Tourism Capital

Posted: Friday, February 11, 2022. 6:58 pm CST.

By Aaron Humes: Dangriga Town may be known far and wide as the “Culture Capital” of Belize, but it will no longer accept the crumbs of tourism and business from more fancied cousins Placencia and Ambergris Caye, or even Belize City.

Area representative Dr. Louis Zabaneh recently spoke of efforts to get investment going in Dangriga, including the recent opening of a branch of Westrac Limited from Spanish Lookout on George Price Drive entering town.

“We have a Dangriga development plan – a big part of it is focused on tourism, but tourism is integrated with agriculture and other sectors. In that plan, we envision the Dangriga area becoming one of the premier tourism destinations in the country,” Dr. Zabaneh said.

The town will make use of its pristine coastline south of town up to the Commerce Bight Port to encourage businesses to come in and invest in the town like Westrac over the next two or three years, bringing employment and other business opportunities. Westrac’s presence is a “community investment” – residents purchasing goods and services, integrating the business into one of the most diverse populations across the nation.

While litigation continues over the Commerce Bight Port itself, Dr. Zabaneh cautiously told us that once that is settled and the Port opened, it figures to host smaller cruise ships on the town coastline, offering another source of spending for tourists not interested in Harvest Caye off Placencia or in Belize City and central districts.

“These smaller boats have passengers who spend over five times more than those that come off the large ships and so we find that that will be very beneficial for the community,” Dr. Zabaneh said in a later interview with us.

 

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