It’s Time to Bring Tourism to Historic Fox Hill

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The leader of the FNM says Fox Hill is missing out on a major piece of the country’s tourism pie, and he wants to see the historic community get its fair share of economic opportunities.

He made the call during Fox Hill Day celebrations Tuesday, using the platform to highlight what he calls an “economic fight for freedom” in one of the oldest communities in New Providence.

Fox Hill Day, celebrated every second Tuesday in August, is steeped in tradition.

But this year, along with the music and food, came some serious messages from both Prime Minister Philip Davis and Free National Movement Leader Michael Pintard.

Pintard told the packed congregation at St. Paul’s Baptist Church that while millions of tourists visit The Bahamas each year, too few are experiencing what Fox Hill has to offer.

Michael Pintard – Leader, Free National Movement
Today there is a new fight. We fight so that the tourists that come into the Commonwealth of The Bahamas—we hear the numbers, 11 million in total, 5 million in cruise passengers. But the question is how many of them are making it to our historic Fox Hill? So the fight for the future is the economic fight for freedom. The empowerment of boys and girls in Fox Hill, mothers who make the best Benny cake, coconut tart, the best conch salad, who cook the cuisines that tourists have not yet tasted.

He says those traditions, rooted in African ancestry, should be shared with the world and not just celebrated locally.

Crime was also on the minds of both leaders, with the prime minister addressing last weekend’s mass shooting that claimed the lives of two teens and injured five others.

Pintard echoed his call for peace.

Michael Pintard – Leader, Free National Movement
Let us work towards a future where guns are silent and our young men are turning to each other instead of on each other. When we come to church, we come to celebrate God and not to mourn yet another one of our children that has passed.

Michael Pintard – Leader, Free National Movement
Fox Hillians, like other Bahamians, are not only interested in the emancipation for the past—that is crucial for our development—but also the emancipation of the future. But we are told if we are to enjoy a future of freedom, we are to appreciate where we came from. And our forefathers and mothers toiled to fight for freedom for all of us. And over the years, we have stood as a strong people.