WYCLEF JEAN - JEAN'S TOURISM PLANS FOR HAITI

JEAN'S TOURISM PLANS FOR HAITI

WYCLEF JEAN is bidding to rejuvenate the economy in his native Haiti, by turning the poverty-stricken country into a tourism mecca.
The Caribbean country was a popular resort before the corrupt regimes of François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier and his son Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' devastated the nation and drove thousands to flee.
Jean has played an important role in rejuvenating the nation; in 2005 he founded the Yele Haiti Foundation which provides school scholarship for underprivileged kids.
And he's now setting his sights on attracting visitors back to the country.
He tells Hip Hop Weekly, "I've got a lot of land out there. I'm trying to bring back the hotel resorts to Haiti and create jobs, 'cause back in the day, Haiti was poppin' with (resort company) Club Meds and everything."