Haiti Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Tourism=== {{Main|Tourism in Haiti}} [[File:Labadee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Labadee]], a cruise ship destination]] The tourism market in Haiti is undeveloped and the government is heavily promoting this sector. Haiti has many of the features that attract tourists to other Caribbean destinations, such as white sand beaches, mountainous scenery and a year-round warm climate. However, the country's poor image overseas, at times exaggerated, has hampered the development of this sector.<ref name="Encylopedia Britannica - Haiti"/> In 2014, the country received 1,250,000 tourists (mostly from cruise ships), and the industry generated US$200 million in 2014.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} Several hotels were opened in 2014, including an upscale [[Best Western#Differentiation|Best Western Premier]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/article/52973/best-western-international-targets-120 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125201322/http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/article/52973/best-western-international-targets-120 |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 January 2013 |title=Best Western International targets 120 new hotel projects in 2013 |publisher=Traveldailynews.com |access-date=24 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/destinations/dispatch-good-times-in-haiti.html | title=Dispatch: Good Times in Haiti | last=Major | first=Brian | work=[[TravelPulse]] |date=9 December 2014 }}</ref> a five-star Royal Oasis hotel by Occidental Hotel and Resorts in [[Pétion-Ville]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/caribbean/articles/Haiti-returns-to-the-tourist-map/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/caribbean/articles/Haiti-returns-to-the-tourist-map/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Haiti returns to the tourist map |editor=Thomson, Ian |date=27 July 2014 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=13 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/travel/haiti-an-unlikely-location-for-luxury.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/travel/haiti-an-unlikely-location-for-luxury.html |archive-date=2 January 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=An Unlikely Location for Luxury |editor=Lall, Gay Nagle |date=22 May 2013 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=13 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelweekly.com/Caribbean-Travel/Tourism-minister-plan-is-to-reveal-hidden-beauty-of-Haiti |title=Tourism minister's plan aims to reveal Haiti's 'hidden beauty' |editor=Myers, Gay Nagle |date=21 May 2013 |work=Travel Weekly |access-date=13 February 2017}}</ref> a four-star [[Marriott International|Marriott Hotel]] in the Turgeau area of Port-au-Prince<ref>{{cite news|author=with Barbara De Lollis |url=http://travel.usatoday.com/hotels/post/2011/11/marriott-announces-first-hotel-in-haiti-port-au-prince/574010/1 |title=Marriott announces first hotel in Haiti |publisher=Travel.usatoday.com |date=29 November 2011 |access-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626145655/http://travel.usatoday.com/hotels/post/2011/11/marriott-announces-first-hotel-in-haiti-port-au-prince/574010/1 |archive-date=26 June 2012 }}</ref> and other new hotel developments in Port-au-Prince, [[Les Cayes]], [[Cap-Haïtien]] and [[Jacmel]].{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page