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...Tourist business, and rising rents will cause a change in the retail and service aspect of the Square from community/regional orientation to tourist orientation...
Vulgar Crowds. Despite its manifest disadvantages, Pantelleria has developed something of a tourist trade. Because it has been so ill-favored by nature, it has a tranquillity few other islands in the Mediterranean can boast. In the past several years, wealthy Italians eager to avoid the vulgar crowds at Capri or Amalfi have discovered it. So have moviemakers. Except for the untoward events of World War II, about the only thing of note that has happened in Pantelleria in the past 2,000 years or so was the shooting of a pornographic movie, Thank You, Mrs. P., two summers...
Most islanders are equally apprehensive about the intentions of Libya, which has bought 370 acres of lava rock near the island's east shore. Among the most militant of the Arabs, the Libyans boggled Pantellerian minds by announcing plans to build a 2,000-bed tourist center, complete with a heliport on the island. Some suspicious souls, both at home and on the Italian mainland, are afraid that Pantelleria may be invaded by Arab tourists carrying something more dangerous than cameras. A Social Democratic member of Parliament recently demanded that the government explain why Libya had purchased "the most...
...prospect of invasion and are set to welcome just about anyone. "For national reasons I suppose I should be protesting against Gaddafi," says Girolamo Sechi, a city councilman. "Instead, I say, 'Welcome,' and the more Libyans the better. They're going to bring 2,000 tourist beds, whereas now we have only 1,000." Adds Giuseppe Cornado, the island's postmaster, with a long sigh: "Gaddafi or NATO. I don't care who it is, just so they bring money to raise us to the level of the rest of Italy...
...used to go around his home turning out lights, "felt like a sucker paying $3 for a hotel breakfast," and preferred to fly tourist class. His one indulgence was a showcase residence in Dallas-an oversized version of George Washington's Mount Vernon home. Typically, he had bought it at a bargain-basement price of $60,000 during the Depression...