I guess I'm on a tourism trip these days. I have to go back to the well one more time. I was pleased to hear the comments made by Norman Mastalir and Jonathan Crellin last week with regard to Bermuda's tourism Industry. However, to be fair, why did they wait until they were leaving to ‘come clean'? More on this after we look at the top 20.Ratcheting up into the #1 position is 6 Foot 7 Foot by L'il Wayne featuring Cory Gunz. Finally. Soaring to #2 is Just Can't Get Enough by the Black Eyed Peas. Tumbling to #3 is Look At Me Now by Chris Brown featuring L'il Wayne and Busta Rhymes. Jumping to #4 is Judas by Lady Gaga, a rather popular dance/pop hit.Falling to #5 is Born This Way by Lady Gaga. Say what you like about Lady Gaga; she rocks. Walking by Mary Mary slips to #6. On the way up at #7 is Till The World Ends by Brittney Spears.And now, one of the hottest tunes on the planet. Advancing to #8 is Give Me Everything by Pitbull, Neo, AfroJack & Nayer. Improving to #9 is Taio Cruz's current hit I'm Loving You Tonight. Taio Cruz is also consistent and he has a hit for the second summer in a row. Improving to #10 is Beautiful People by Chris Brown featuring Benny Benassi. Slipping to #11 is Rihanna's current hit, S&M. Bermuda needs a Rihanna of its own who can blow up and make it big.Improving to #12 it's Motivation by Kelly Rowland featuring L'il Wayne. Tumbling to #13 is ET by Katy Perry featuring Kanye West. Falling into the #14 spot is Higher, by Taio Cruz featuring Kylie Minogue and Travie McCoy. Holding at #15 is Moment For Life by Nicki Minaj.Soaring to #16, like the women running things in the girl power-era in Bermuda, is Run the World (Girls) by Beyonce. Is this why we have a $1 billion deficit? It's a rhetorical question. Don't answer; just think about it.Slipping to #17 is Far Away by Marsha Ambrosious. Slipping to 18 is Who's that Chick? by David Guetta featuring Rihanna. Down to #19 is Memories, by David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi. Still immovable, at #20, is On The Floor by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull.Now back to this week's topic improving Bermuda's tourism industry. So Crellin and Mastalir made some very good points. The most poignant of which to me is when Mastalir said something like, “We need to stop worrying about the little details, like what colour the shorts will be on the adverts, and focus on major strategic plans and initiatives that will cause people to choose Bermuda as their vacation destination of choice.” Truer words could not be spoken.I've been in tourism all my life and I can tell you that he was 100 percent right. I remember ministers, permanent secretaries, directors of Tourism and senior managers spending countless hours considering such minutia; as opposed to really understanding who our competition are, who our customers are, our customers' spending habits, identifying potential customers, fishing where the fish are, learning the preferences of the affluent traveller (who else can afford Bermuda?), etc. There is much much more that we could be focusing on but we are looking at the silly stuff. So I agree with them on that.However, where was this information and perspective ten years ago? Why did they wait until they were leaving to say what they really felt/thought? What's up with that?The other point is that Mr Mastalir is saying that we need a game-changer. Well, we had a game changer in [former Premier Ewart] Brown and let's be real, he had a lot of opposition. For all the things we are saying the Dr did wrong, he also did some good for tourism.I've always felt that the music festival was a money-waster that had to be wound up asap; although I'm contradicting my desire to improve the entertainment product.But Dr Brown was the game-changer these folks are saying we need. Did they support him? Maybe somewhat; but I submit not totally. We had him; we had a game-changer! He was willing to do the casinos that Mastalir says we need. He was open to change. He was open to new. He was open (I think) to a new convention centre.Dr Brown was a proponent of developing more nightime entertainment options, of which we sadly, sorely still need. In the international tourism market the lyric used to describe Bermuda, which still applies, is that “Bermuda is for the newly-wed and the nearly dead”. That moniker still applies; we must, must, must find more things for people to do after dinner every day.Dr Brown was responsible for bringing low-cost carriers to Bermuda. It was Dr Brown who negotiated the successful American Airlines flights 1325 and 308 to and from Miami! He convinced AA to fly to Bermuda when they thought it wouldn't work. I know because I was there, so don't test me on this!So, what he was really saying was we need a game-changer who is not Dr Brown. Let's be fair. You know I'm fair. If you're saying you need a game-changer, then you need a game-changer. Well if Dr Brown was not a game-changer then nobody is! So let's be honest here and say what we really mean and mean what we really say.I agree that we need another game-changer, since we raced the last one out of office perhaps with good reason but only time will tell. So hopefully the next game-changer will meet with greater support than the last, since the Island's top hoteliers are saying (well as parting shots) that's what's needed. Peace.…..DJLT!