Bermuda
There is reason to believe that my page on Bermuda, written several years ago, is dated in at least one respect: the major Front Street shops, one hears, have closed. Bermudians have made a very hard decision, to restrict the incursion of cruise ships, and they have also rejected gambling. Tastes in travel have certainly changed; rest and relaxation no longer seems to be an important vacation objective. Bermuda will have visitors as long as it manages to stay above sea-level, but its principal industry is not tourism but reinsurance. I love the place, even now that I understand what a fantasy-land it is.
