Gov’t not doing things to get rid of marine industry — Premier

The government’s intention has never been to do things to get rid of the marine industry, Premier Andrew Fahie has said.

The Premier expressed that the marine industry has recently been rebounding, with cruise ships and bare boats coming back to the territory in great numbers.

The territory’s leader said this is despite what naysayers had been saying at the height of the pandemic.

“You can take a picture of any harbour now and it is littered with yachts the very yachts they told us would not come back,” the Premier said.

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