Sentences with phrase «tourists than fishing»

Local residents began renting out rooms and then building bungalows, realizing that more money could be made from tourists than fishing.

Not exact matches

During hurricane season it is difficult for people in the «out islands» (those other than the main tourist islands) to fish or to boat over to Nassau to buy provisions such as meats.

With stunning views of the Sierra Madre mountains from the Pacific ocean, this area consists of the picturesque town of Zihuatanejo, which has the feel of a traditional Mexican fishing village, and Ixtapa, a modern tourist resort strip with big hotels and a marina with more than 600 slips

Then Albert Avellar, a Provincetown skipper, noticed that the tourists he was taking out fishing were more fascinated by the big blubbery cowlike things than by the fi sh.

But there is more to Bali than just cheap luxury - step out of the tourist centres and you'll see the vestiges of ancient Bali, from scalloped rice terraces to quiet fishing villages, quintessential namesakes of the island of the gods.

Even today, La Rochelle is principally a port city, rather than a tourist town, with a fishing port, a commercial port, a sailing marina and a ferry port.

• In the sleepy fishing villages of the Small Cyclades islands, you're more likely to break bread with a local than a tourist

The sand is off - white and there are outcrops of rock and smooth reef areas which give features to the beach and rather than there being lots of tourist facilities on the beach, instead you will find local people enjoying the beach or fishing and backdrops which appear unchanged such as rice paddies and tropical trees making for a more tranquil and beautiful environment.