(BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 8, 2008) – The highly anticipated public tours of the AMISTAD Freedom Schooner have been moved to the Flour Mill on Spring Garden.

The tours were scheduled to start on Sunday April 6 but were canceled due to unusual sea swells that continue to make it difficult for the ship to berth at Fort Willoughby.

According to Jo-Anne Pooler, general manager at Goddard Shipping & Tours, the official shipping agents for the AMISTAD, the move to the Flour Mill was to ensure that the general public is still afforded the opportunity to tour the historic vessel.

Tours will commence from tomorrow Tuesday April 8 through to April 16 as planned.

However, there will be no tours this Wednesday and possibly Thursday, to facilitate a tanker that was previously scheduled to occupy the area.

For further information persons are asked to contact the Barbados Tourism Authority at (246) 427-2623.