mmmmm makes one wonder....

haiti is one foot in the hispanola project.Big step for haitian government but they need more to be qualified in carribbean turism market.

I hope that you will not need any adult supervision in discussing this topic.

It claims to be the largest fort in the world and so far, no other fort (or country) has disputed that claim. Its walls stretch some 24 km across rough and stunning terrain. Some walls are not man-made; they are natural rock formations. Looking at them, one can easily imagine that these rocks were made to complement the fort. Welcome to Ranikot, which is so immense that within its walls it has two smaller forts, the Miri and the Shehrgarh forts.

Ranikot is located about 30 km from the small town of Sann. Contrary to the general belief, this fort is not part of the Kirthar Mountains (Balochistan). The mountains of Ranikot are called Tora Mountains, forming one of the boundaries of the fort, as mentioned earlier.THIS IS THE LARGEST FORT..RANIKOT

Have the Brits found there's oil in them Haitian hills?

Please check out this video clip on why foreign aid fail Haiti. Some people around the world feel tired of helping Haiti. Why is Haiti not developed if millions of foreign aid is received? The video clip explains that even if some of the money was geared towards developing the country (roads, water, schools, hospitals, agriculture, tourism, jobs etc...), the money is not being used for development. The money is used for emergency relief. They wait for a disaster to happen, they help, then they wait for the next disaster. Although relief funds are crucial but the viscious cycle has to end. The Haitian diaspora is tired of this situation and would like to see their country prosper. The security is better now in Haiti. The British lifted their travel warning. The diaspora wants change. Those are positive steps and foundation for a better Haiti:

http://www.internationalreportingproject.org/stories/detail/378/

http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?news_id=18636

This won't change much.

Saying "I'm going on holiday in Haiti" is like saying "I'm going on holiday in Somalia" to most westerners.

How is going to Haiti anything like going to Somalia??? Please elaborate on that....

I didn't say it IS like going there, but many westerners and Americans in particular view travel to either places akin in danger and "places I wouldn't like to go to".

The two have been compared in casual conversation with Anglo-Americans frequently.

I knew that statement would be provocative...

Haiti is ripe for exploration,development and exploitation, The think tanks for globalization knows this. That is why everybody is pitching in. Eight million new consumers,and sweatshop workers only untapped market in the region. Digicel have proven to the EU the potential of this market. The European have already beating the US to the punch in Cuba. Some of you may laugh at this notion,as a Fund Manager if someone would have told me 10 years ago that the most dynamic emerging markets would be found in Sub Sahara Africa I would have laugh,but this is where all the big boys are going at the moment via London. Remember my friends you always got to keep adding new Suckers to keep the wheel turning.

SHoot, I know Dominicans that think twice about going to DR. people that think twice about going to Jamaica....

BUT HAITI , no dis for the HAtian haiti is bad

Chillaxin201..i don't think you know this, but Haiti is a lot safer than DR or Jamaica...you can check it if you don't believe me...the only place that might be dangerous in Haiti is Port-au-Prince and most of the violence is concentrated in Cite Soleil.

HaytiQuisqueyaBohio:

Please face the hard facts, that is not true. Otherwise there would be cautions like this for Dominican Republic: http://wikitravel.org/en/Haiti

Instead the DR page for travel states to be mindful of muggings, which can happen almost everywhere.

Haiti will never be a tourist destination again. I will go to the border in December to see the day and night difference, but will not cross over.

HaytianPridesimo:

I will attempt to answer each poorly worded response of yours, bear with me.

You think the Brits are going to turn your country around with tourism? That's ONE country. Even if you had the fast paced tourist wave DR has, instead of the trickle Haiti has, Haiti still could not pull itself up due to the hole it's in. Tourist dollars will not save Haiti.

Also, I don't care how Jamaica and Trinidad are doing, but I know their people aren't fleeing like crazy to any other island but their own like Haitians do.

And as far as those prisoner statistics, there seems to be no sources for those crimes nor what years they are based on.

You'll obviously have some sort of problem with the DR. Get over it, your country is a failed state. And no, I haven't been to Haiti, who the hell would want to. Your land is BARREN and is facing DESERTIFICATION.

And also, I'm an American citizen and frequent traveler, trust me no one from my "neck of the woods" wants in on Haiti

ElTorodeCibao: Having a temporary green card does not make you a U.S. Citizen. Trashing Haiti in order to make yourself and the D.R. feel superior is getting old. No doubt the D.R. has done some good work to improve itself due the political stability that it's enjoyed over the last 4 decades; which haiti has not had. However, Haiti is picking itself up and if giving the same length of time and stability plus the historical monuments and humain resources that it posses, the sky is the limit for them. Additionally, DR is starting to realize that a stable Haiti is good for business, cause over the last 3 years trade between the two nations has increased to US$800 million of which the DR enjoys a trade advantage over 90%. So, get down from the high horse and get back to rationality and know that the stabilty and prosperity of the Haiti and DR are intricatelly linked via their stability and subsequently their trades and prosperity. So stop the nonsense and stupidity.

Yeah, yeah, yeah whatever...

Only for now until they will want to use Haiti for distraction again and as pawn in the region to sidetrack people from real issues and agendas. Let us see for how long would that sanctioned lift will hold and last.

P.S: Call me a skeptic, but it was funny how, the minute the Iraq war started to go bad and became unpopular, the kidnapping and the ouster of Aristide took place in 2004.

DR has done many things positive because amid of any corruption and elitist self interests that exist there just as in any other places in the world, there are those in DR that still want to improve at least the image of DR even if it is in terms of infrastructural developments.

Let us not be envious and jealous of quite the Caribbean Metropolis DR is becoming. It still requires a level of love for for at least image for country to reach that developmental heights. Yeah many of us can agree as I only feel that DR still needs to work on its Human Rights issues that seems to be caught in between their reserved rights as a Sovereign nation and what the mingling of perception of how the international world view DR which can be indeed ambiguous as always of course. At the same time, DR is still not perfect of a nation after long deep rooted pervasive divisive influences which the former imperialists have left for such a former colonial estate to plague the psyche of most of the islan

Oneworld1:

The true mark of an idiot is baseless assumptions. Listen MORON, I was BORN in the States. I AM American. That doesn't take away from me being Dominican, but I AM America. No green card here buddy, great education and quality of life for this eager beaver and fast learner.

I WISH Haiti were stable, it would be less immigration to our side. That's the ONLY reason I care. Call it ignorance, I call it the only rational interest Dominicans should have.

The sky's the limit for Somalia if given political stability and resources. You both have neither! You're depleting your landscape and have an elite who can't even PRETEND to give a hoot about you.

What's with this Somalia Haiti comparison. Haiti may be the most messed up country in our Hemisphere but it is worlds better than Somalia in terms of stability and socio-economic issues. Haiti isn't war-torn nor overrun with rebels nor does it have a massive internal refugee population. It doesn't have tribal factions governing different areas of the country. Somalia is most likely the most lawless anarchic country in the world today they haven't had a central working gov't in decades! Yes with long-term stability and development the sky is the limit for Haiti. And although I don't know Haiti/DR statistics for general crime..Haiti has a considerably lower murder rate than the DR (much lower than the average). Haiti being a crime-ridden warzone is the image projected onto you people by the media. Stop with the ignorance!!! We are destitute but we are no more dangerous than your guys' neck of the woods.

ElTorodeCibao: I am going to take the high road and not commenting on your ignorant remarks. As I said, trashing Haiti in order to make yourself and the D.R. feel superior is getting old. Even President Fernandez is moving away from the old Trujillo/Hitler retarded mentality of blaming Haitians or Jews for their missgivings. Every country has problems and neither Haiti nor the D.R. is immune to them. Comparing Haiti to Somalia clearly shows your ignorance.

Yeah, nice high road being the first to make personal attacks. The true sign of intelligent debate. What ignorant remarks, I said and I quote "I didn't say it [Haiti] IS like going there [Somalia], but many westerners and Americans in particular view travel to either places akin in danger and 'places I wouldn't like to go to'.". The two countries are COMPLETELY comparable to Westerners and Americans, tough shit! They also think all Dominicans are Black and play baseball, oh well!

No one's blaming you idiots for any problems, but you definitely are a drain the DR does not need. If you picked yourselves up and stopped illegally crossing over, the attitude might change for once. This has nothing to do with Trujillo, I wasn't even a thought when that man was alive nor was I raise in a pro-Trujillo culture or one sympathetic to him, I was raised in AMERICA.

Take the high road straight off a cliff, imbecile.

this web site has been hi jacked by haitians

It's mostly been hi-jacked by that one idiot troll, the Haitians just seem to like starting fights.

If one would travel to Haiti... Where are the best Haitian women?

el toro de ignorancia ,see what rush limp baugh and fox news have done to you ?
you need to come out from the fear and ignorance shelter and meet other people and hear other news so you can educate yourself ,be fair and objective
you will be able also shed layers of misinformations that have formed your ideas, nurtured your fear and prejudices
The article states clearly "FCO lifts travel warning to Haiti " unless your are one of these rabid Haitian haters and unrepentant bigots from Cibao ,what part of this title you do not understand ?
" FCO litfs travel warning to Haiti"
Dominican taxi drivers get killed everyday in Washington Heights.
Dominicans get killed everyday in Spain and in Puerto Rico.
When was the last time you have heard a Dominican getting killed in Haiti.
Answer me "El toro de intolerencia"

@Eltoro:

You said that Haiti will never be a travel destination. I believe you are wrong. It will take time but it will happen. If the Haitian government accepts dual citizenship, opens up its harms to its diaspora and international investors, that is all it would take to ignite a major change in Haiti. If the Haitian diaspora has a say so in Haitian politics, I guarantee you Haiti will change. As a matter fact, change already began. One example, Digicel is planning to have their latin american headquarters in Haiti. They are planning to build the tallest building in latin america in Haiti. A major company such as Digicel can influence other companies to do business with Haiti. Another example, Taiwan, Cuba, Venezuela, and Brazil are very eager to do business with Haiti. They are just waiting for Haiti to become more transparent in regards to the corruption. Check this article:

http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/d....87&start=0&category_id=18

Brazilian Defense Minister, in Haiti, said Brazil will bring the number of Brazilian engineers to around 250. They are planning a new hydroelectric plant on the Artibonite River. A similar plant already built by Venezuela currently supplies power to Gonaives.

Already four Korean textile companies have taken advantage of Hope II to take up residence in Haiti's industrial park. The vast pool of unemployed Haitians will present a refreshing vista for the investors from Asia. Denis O'Brien of Digicel is building the highest skyscraper in Haiti, maybe in the Caribbean, and he is there to stay!

The energy, the diligence and the dexterity of the Haitian workers are infectious; the few investors who have taken the bait are transformed into eager ambassadors for Haiti. The future is bright for Haiti. It has the workers in large quantity, it has undeveloped land to expand... and its Diaspora is loyal to the motherland… Haiti is poised to become the next China of the Caribbean.

etiennc01:

Something none of you Haitians, save possibly Afrolatino, can do is debate without getting your panties in a bunch and lower yourselves to personal attacks.

I never said I wouldn't go to Haiti, though I wouldn't as it offers me very little incentive. I said most if not all westerners and specifically Americans would NOT go to Haiti, plain and simple. Rush Limbaugh has little to do with this as I only listen to him to get a laugh about how paranoid Anglo Americans can be.

Your ability to automatically resort to name calling shows your ignorance of debate.

And no, I'm an American of Cibaeno roots who loves his regional roots. So no but I know how my national countrymen (i.e. Americans) feel about Haiti.

Docpeters:

I really hope so for your people. These are the sort of responses that are conducive to conversation, not rabid foaming at the mouth responses when someone's feelings get hurt over how the rest of the hemisphere/world views you.

One thing about the diaspora I must ask is does this include many of the criminals in south Florida?

Thank you for the link.