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'{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Labadie |other_name = Labadee |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Village |motto = |image_skyline = Labadee, Haiti Aug 2002.JPG |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Haiti |pushpin_relief = |pushpin_label_position = top |pushpin_map_caption = The nation of Haiti, showing Labadie |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = [[Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Haiti}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Haiti|Department]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Nord (Haitian department)|Nord]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Arrondissements of Haiti|Arrondissement]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement|Cap-Haïtien]] |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = |established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> |established_date2 = |established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> |established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!-- Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired --> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|19|47|11|N|72|14|44|W|region:HT|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} [[File:Beach in Labadee (Jan 2019).jpg|alt=Beach in Labadee (Jan 2019)|thumb|Beach in Labadee (Jan 2019)]] '''Labadee''' ({{lang-fr|Labadie}}) is a port located on the northern coast of [[Haiti]] within the [[Arrondissements of Haiti|arrondissement]] of [[Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement|Cap-Haïtien]] in the [[Nord (Haitian department)|Nord]] department. It is a private resort leased to [[Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.]], for the exclusive use of passengers of its three cruise lines: [[Royal Caribbean International]], [[Celebrity Cruises]], and Azamara Club Cruises, until 2050.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.economist.com/node/13093234 |title=Haiti:The island and the outside world|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=12 February 2009 |website=www.economist.com |publisher=The Economist |accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> Royal Caribbean has contributed the largest proportion of tourist revenue to Haiti since 1986, employing 300 locals, allowing another 200 to sell their wares on the premises for a fee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0125/p01s02-woam.html|title=Could this paradise really be poor, desperate Haiti?|publisher=Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=2007-08-02}}</ref> and paying the Haitian government US$12 per tourist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hcnn.ht/en/2014_08/tourism/353/Haiti's-local-community-to-benefit-from-additional-fee-from-cruise-passengers-Haiti-Laurent-Lamothe-Royal-Caribbean.htm|title=Haiti's local community to benefit from additional fee from cruise passengers|publisher=Haitian Caribbean News Network|accessdate=2015-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202024446/http://hcnn.ht/en/2014_08/tourism/353/Haiti's-local-community-to-benefit-from-additional-fee-from-cruise-passengers-Haiti-Laurent-Lamothe-Royal-Caribbean.htm|archive-date=2017-02-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> The resort is completely tourist-oriented, and is guarded by a private security force. The site is fenced off from the surrounding area, and passengers are not allowed to leave the property. Food available to tourists is brought from the cruise ships. A controlled group of Haitian merchants are given sole rights to sell their merchandise and establish their businesses in the resort. Although sometimes described as an [[island]] in advertisements, it is actually a [[peninsula]] contiguous with the island of [[Hispaniola]]. The [[cruise ship]] moors to the pier at Labadee capable of servicing the [[Oasis class cruise ship|Oasis class ships]], which was completed in late 2009.ROyal Caribbean Cruise Lines operates the cruises that goes to the Labadie peninsula (English: Labadee} <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.expedia.com/daily/cruise/geo/ports.asp?tiid=6024010| title=Labadee |publisher=www.expedia.com |accessdate=2007-08-02}}</ref> The commercial airport that is closest to Labadee is [[Cap-Haïtien International Airport]]. Attractions include a Haitian [[flea market]], [[beach]]es, [[watersport]]s, a water-oriented playground, an [[alpine coaster]], and the largest.The company is not helping helping Haiti in terms of environmental footprint and adding new attractions such as an aquarium, dolphinrium.[[zip-line]] over water.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/19/AR2007011900555.html |title=Labadee |work=The Washington Post |accessdate=2007-08-02 | date=2007-01-21 }} </ref> == Etymology == The location is named after the '''Marquis de La Badie''', a Frenchman who first settled the area in the late 16th century or early 17 th century. The peninsula and a village were named after Marquis de Labadie.His family have escaped to the British controlled Jamaica island after the first slave revolution in 1791 which was led by a former resident of Jamaica by the name of Dutty Bookman.<ref name="cruise-travel" /> The cruise company spells the name "Labadee"in order to trademark the name so other cruise competitors cannot try to negotiate their leasing rights with the Government of Haiti and also for marketing such as to make it easier for American [[English language|English]]-speakers to pronounce.<ref name="cruise-travel">[https://books.google.com/books?id=gjADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&dq=labadee&as_brr=3&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html Cruise Travel], Google Books.</ref> == History == [[File:Cruise ship Labadee Haïti.jpg|thumb|left|The [[MS Freedom of the Seas|''Freedom of the Seas'']] moored in Labadee]] In 1991, a journalist reported that passengers who disembarked at the location were not informed they were in Haiti.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9TctWjHHOeEC&pg=PA238&dq=labadee&lr=&as_brr=3&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame, Updated with a New ... - Paul Farmer - Google Books.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[[Polly Pattullo]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=yBUk0w-kXs0C&pg=PA164&dq=labadee&lr=&as_brr=3&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html ''Last Resorts: The Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean'']. Google Books.<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In November 2001, a crew member from the cruise line Royal Caribbean was attacked on Labadee in an apparent robbery. The assailants were arrested by [[Haitian National Police|Haitian police]].<ref>[http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=403 RCI Crew Member Attacked in Labadee<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[File:Labadee Haiti.jpg|thumb|right|Labadee beach, close to [[Cap-Haïtien]]]] In February 2004, during the [[2004 Haitian coup d'état]], Royal Caribbean temporarily suspended use of the stop due to the political unrest in the country.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/29/TRGFF576751.TMP | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | title=CRUISES / Sittin' on the dock of the Gulf | date=2004-02-27}}</ref> In 2009, Royal Caribbean made US$55 million improvements to the facilities, including upgrading port facilities to allow docking of their largest cruise ships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/17/cruise-ships-haiti-earthquake |title=Cruise ships still find a Haitian berth |author=Robert Booth |date=2010-01-17 |work= The Guardian | location=London}}</ref> In January 2010, just after the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]], Royal Caribbean announced its intention to continue cruise stopovers at the port and use cruise ships to ferry relief supplies and personnel. In addition, it would donate US$1 million to fund relief efforts in Haiti.<ref>Robert Booth, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jan/17/cruise-ships-haiti-earthquake “Cruise ships still find a Haitian berth”] (20.1.2010) The Guardian</ref> In January 2016, Haitians in boats protesting against the Haitian government blocked the port. Royal Caribbean's ''[[MS Freedom of the Seas|Freedom of the Seas]]'' cancelled their port stop on January 19 as a result.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/cruiselog/2016/01/20/royal-caribbean-ship-drops-haiti-amid-protests/79056806/ |title= Cruise ship turns away from Haiti amid protests|last=Golden |first=Fran |date=January 20, 2016 |publisher=[[USA Today]] |access-date=March 6, 2017 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == External links == {{commons category|Labadee}} * [http://www.royalcaribbean.com/contentSitelet.do?pagename=labadee Labadee at the Royal Caribbean website] * {{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Labadie,+Haiti/@19.78524,-72.24648,1266m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x8eb6c0b728df61a3:0x2b20493d13e63955!8m2!3d19.77205!4d-72.2474823?hl=en |title=Labadie |accessdate=13 October 2016}} {{portal|Haiti}} [[Category:Bays of Haiti]] [[Category:Beaches of Haiti]] [[Category:Geography of Haiti]] [[Category:Populated places in Nord (Haitian department)]] [[Category:Royal Caribbean International]]'