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Come have a good time, I have been saying this since 2008. It's nice to go "help the poor Haitians" but what happens after you leave?

But go on vacation, have a nice time, spend some money, come back and tell your friends how wonderful it was, and you've created jobs, changed the image, and helped Haiti in bigger ways then if you had spent a month volunteering.

Kudos to our minister of Tourism!

The topic is: Voluntourism: Not What Haiti is looking for... Come have a good time!
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Posted by Jacques L on May 24 2013 at 2:27 PM

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Sarah Cadet says...

That is very true, people are still exploiting Haiti, no matter how and no matter the cost. When is this going to more »

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Haitiansinhouston says...

It all goes back to the government, they have to set the rules. A lot of times people come and leave a country without anyone noticing but for us more »

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Rich says...

Good job! to the minister of tourism in my home land Haiti, the land of freedom, even when most of our people still in chain mentally. But I more »

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Jeanette says...

The very first time I ever traveled to Haiti was in the summer of 2007. I booked a room at the Kinam and even took a few days to visit Kaliko more »

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Jacques L says...

I have been saying this since 2008. It's nice to go "help the poor Haitians" but what happens after you leave? But go on vacation, have a nice more »

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Miejo says...

il faut eduquer la nation, eduquer les femmes, eduquer les hommes, eduquer les enfants... controler les naissances. nous devons savoir qui more »

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Paul K says...

It's easy to get real tourists to come to Haiti. The fact is that there are a lot of them who are actively looking for warm places to more »

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Cozy Michaels says...

I am a white American who has a great love for Haiti and I would love to settle there one day. The problem is Haiti needs to have laws put more »

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