Darville: Reopening highway at Royal Oasis may stimulate business

Mon, Aug 9th 2010, 06:14 AM

By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT - An executive of the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce agrees that reopening the highway at the Royal Oasis Resort may help stimulate business in that area.
Since the closure of the resort in 2004, the once bustling tourist area has literally become a ghost town in the heart of the city of Freeport.
The International Bazaar is no longer a major tourist hot-spot and only a handful of stores are still open.
The struggling store owners who remain are hoping that business will improve again when the resort re-opens, but are not sure how much longer they can hang on.
Harcourt Development, the new owner, has had to ...

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