Thursday, July 24, 2014

What now??

Talk about there being two sides to every coin!  When the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground and partially capsized off the Italian island of Giglio it initially had an adverse effect on their tourist economy - it was seen as an eyesore and its association with the deaths of 32 passengers put holiday makers off.  So now, two and a half years later, as it has finally been righted and is due to be towed away, this must be good news for the island?  Well no, quite the reverse - for some 30 months the island has been home to thousands of workers involved in the salvage operation and they of course have been spending their money in the island's shops and eating places.  But they will all now go home and the inhabitants fear the effects on them of things going back to "normal".  Like I say - two sides.

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