International hotels, like Labadi Beach Hotel, needed to meet a certain quality standard and, naturally, have a guaranteed supply of goods throughout the year. Therefore, if there is no local capacity to deliver on quality and on schedule, they cannot be held accountable for importing beef from all over the world.
Therefore, allowing the importation of some foods, like beef, into the nation is a policy failure from the start.
As a result, the majority of star-rated hotels believe that importing beef is the best alternative, even though we are capable of producing an abundance of beef in this nation with the correct encouragement and assistance.
No nation has ever grown its tourism industry without a well-thought-out action plan and the courage to make the difficult choices that will put the nation in a competitive and relative position to draw travelers from across the globe.
It goes without saying that the tourism industry has enormous, unrealized potential. The industry needs to be strategically positioned within the larger national framework.
We agree with business stakeholders that policy decisions should prioritize the tourist sector due to its significant economic impact.