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Government leases Annandale waterfall to private Grenadian company

This story was posted 9 months ago
15 July 2020
in Business, Travel/Tourism
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Pure Grenada is Free To Wonder-Annandale Waterfall
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by Linda Straker

  • State entered into a 25-year lease agreement for development of Annandale waterfall
  • Lease to be reviewed every 3 years to ensure developer compliance
  • Under new arrangement, small admittance fee will be charged

9 months after announcing that Government will be commercialising one of Grenada’s main tourist attractions managed by the Ministry of Tourism, Tourism Minister, Clarice Modeste has confirmed that the state has entered into a 25-year lease agreement for the development of Annandale Waterfall.

“What we do have is an agreement for a lease of the facilities. There are 2 young Grenadians who have come up with a proposal to enhance what is going on at Annandale and to change it, in keeping with environmental guidelines. So that there will be moderate changes but it is still environmentally friendly,” Modeste said while confirming that the attraction was not sold to any private entity.

In October 2019, Modeste announced during one of the weekly post-cabinet briefings said that government was in the process of finalising a lease agreement that will see the waterfall in Annandale becoming a commercialised entity. Withholding the names of the company, Modeste on Wednesday said that the announcement of the names will be done in a formal forum. She disclosed that the company was selected by a committee that comprised persons attached to the Department of Forestry and other relevant stakeholders.

In the 2019 news conference, Modeste explained that government on 2 separate occasions had issued calls for proposal to commercialise the site, and on each occasion, the same 2 entities submitted bids.

Sharing limited information about the lease, Modeste said that it mandates that the lease be reviewed every 3 years to ensure that the developers are complying with the terms of reference, and any work such as planting or cutting down of trees must first be approved by the Department of Forestry.

At present, there is no admittance fee to use the facility for locals but under the new arrangement, Modeste said this will change and a small fee will be charged. “There might be some small sacrifice that one will have to make.” She referred to Annandale Waterfall as a national asset that must be enjoyed by both locals and visitors.

“Any asset we have must be shared between locals and visitors,” she said, pointing out that if locals are stopped from utilising such a national asset this can impact visitors, because visitors normally enjoy mixing and mingling with locals.

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  1. Hermione Fraser says:
    9 months ago

    Why everything should be free all over the world you have to pay for attraction. I went to South Africa and I had to pay to see a penguin.
    If they are going to develop the falls I am all for it .

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  2. Dee says:
    9 months ago

    Don’t understand why everything in Grenada should be free free, we need to get away from this free mentality if we want progress and development. Many countries across the world tourists attractions come with a price, why should we be an exception?

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  3. Antonia says:
    9 months ago

    Locals should boycott this plan until we grenadians know what is really going on. Where is the transparency?

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  4. Christopher Edwards says:
    9 months ago

    There is allot of attractions around the world that visitors all must pay to enjoy. These ppl are investing in this attraction we should have to pay to enter. My hope is that they enhance the area and give us a new Annandale experience

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