Disney plans to bring the Bahamian island of Eleuthera with new jobs and hundreds of million of dollars in business over the next several years, with its new cruise-ship destination of Lighthouse Point.
Yet local environmentalists fear that the pristine marine ecosystem that lured Disney here in the first place will be degraded by massive influx of tourists and related businesses.
From the sulfur oxide emitted by the cruise ship (one day’s worth is equivalent to the output of 13 million car engines) to the low-level employment provided, the garbage left behind, and the damage to shark and sea turtle habitat, the project is likely to result in a litany of woes both social and environmental.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor