Cruise passengers are reportedly fearful of the current conditions of Nassau’s famed Straw Market, according to local vendors in the Bahamas and a popular U.S. cruise publication.
One of the vendors told the Tribune newspaper “. . . many of the tourists refused to come off the ship because they were told the market is
The Tribune newspaper in Nassau reports on a controversy which developed when a Miami-based cruise line apparently banned its passengers from buying items at the local straw market due to fear that the straw may be infested with a pest called the "red palm mite."
The Tribune says that Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) has apparently