It think it will be amazing how quickly they get back up and running. Now more than ever they need those tourist dollars. The devastation is tremendous however the worse damage is usually done to the shacks and low quality buildings.

Also as the article above points out the Media is bent on showing the magnitude of destruction on TV. They wont show the buildings that are still standing. This media blitz can help bring in relief efforts but it can also hurt the country by scaring away the tourists. Tourists do mean lots of money for the economy.

Most of the big tourist hotels and properties will probably be back very quickly. I think we may be surprised at how little the cruise ships schedules are affected by this.