Liberia Rebrands Itself as Cruise Destination

By ⋅ April 17, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Cruise ship at the Freeport of Monrovia. (Photo: Bonnie Allen)

National Geographic expedition cruise ship at the Freeport of Monrovia. (Photo: Bonnie Allen)

Liberia is trying to rebuild its tourism industry, almost 10 years after the country’s brutal civil war ended.

This week, it welcomed its largest group of tourists in decades, when a cruise ship docked in Monrovia. Bonnie Allen has the story.


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  • http://twitter.com/jmflahiff Janice_Flahiff

    Among the Liberian VP’s high school teachers – a US Peace Corps volunteer!
    A group of us former Liberia Peace Corps volunteers ret’d to LIberia for 3 weeks in 2009 to do some service projects 
    The VP came to one of our get togethers and met up with his former Peace Corps teacher. It was priceless.
    Despite 14 years of civil war…there were some good things to be seen in Liberia as the proliferation of pumps at wells. 
    If you go to Liberia, be sure to stay at least overnight at Robertsport,beautiful inland lake with crystal clear water.