Ema Riley, center, and Beckly Tucker, left, from Ohio, bartered for a hat with a Haitian employee, Julex Charitable, at the resort.

Royal Caribbean used to play down the fact that this stop is in Haiti, referring to its location as Hispaniola, the Island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It changed is description after Haitian officials complained.

Labadie resort is a slice of Caribbean bliss surrounded by security fencing with all-you-can-eat buffets.

Outside of the resort is the Citadelle, well-preserved mountain fortress dating to 1817 that still has cannons in place and piles of cannonballs.

The Citadelle.

A tourist from the "voyager of the Seas" tried to get a bargain at the market in the resort.

Haiti was once a place of thriving resorts.

The key for Haiti, promoters of tourism there say, is for visitors to avoid the capital and head to more tranquil corners of the country.