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Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m... by wonderwonder on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @05:06PM (#34903618)
The Bahamas is successful essentially because it's a subsidiary of the US. With 80% of it's economy based on tourism and most of the rest on financial services for people that want lee way. If cruise ships stopped going there the island would collapse in a few months.
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Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m... by opportune on Thursday February 23, 2023 @01:24AM (#34907433)
There is tourism in Africa and there could potentially be a lot more of it, if there were more infrastructure and less social/political problems.

It’s not that hard for me to get to Dakar or Windhoek as it is, and I could certainly see myself enjoying those destinations if there were more to do

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Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m... by thinkingemote on Thursday February 23, 2023 @04:30AM (#34908586)
Cruise ships stopped during the recent pandemic. Did it collapse? I imagine it suffered, but do we know what happened?
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Re:The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold m... by wonderwonder on Thursday February 23, 2023 @08:36AM (#34910379)
That is a good point. Their GDP is 11.2 billion. Their losses during Covid are estimated at $7.9 billion. They did survive.

https://www.iadb.org/en/news/covid-19-effects-and-impacts-ba....

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