Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’
Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans Campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of Jamaican coast Devon Taylor remembers when the Mammee Bay shoreline in St Ann, Jamaica, was filled with children frolicking in the ocean after school, fishers haggling with locals over the price of their daily catch and craft vendors carving souvenirs under almond trees. “I grew up on Mammee Bay,” Taylor says. He recalls fetching seawa
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The Blue Lagoon has a fluid colour palette that is turquoise, sapphire or azure depending on how the sun hits it. Photograph: Destinee Condison/The GuardianView image in fullscreenThe Blue Lagoon has a fluid colour palette that is turquoise, sapphire or azure depending on how the sun hits it. Photograph: Destinee Condison/The GuardianCotton Capital: ongoing seriesJamaicaJamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans Campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of Jamaican coast Natricia Duncan in St Ann and Anthony Lugg in KingstonSun 14 Jun 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 14 Jun 2026 07.22 EDTShareDevon Taylor remembers when the…
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