Tourism in Caribbean
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ARUBA, 2017/09/10
Resilient, powerful, strong and faithful. This is how Ramon Andrew described the people of Turks and Caicos. Ramon Andrews, the outspoken director of Tourism for the Caribbeans island country Turks and Caicos sounded somehow relieved at the same time as he updated the media today on the current situation on his island, specifically commenting on the safety of visitors and visitor industry professionals.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2017/09/09
Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the initial six months of 2017, some 36 million additional than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, increase was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010.
Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect strong request for international travel in the initial half of 2017, according to the new UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 6% compared to the same six-month period last year, well above the sustained and consistent trend of 4% or higher increase since 2010. This represents the strongest half-year in seven years.
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AMERICAS, 2017/09/09
Extremely dangerous winds from Hurricane Irma pounded the island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, damaging the roof of the famous luxury Ritz Carlton.
The resort’s website states: The Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas is currently closed due to Hurricane Irma.
Spread across 30 acres of oceanfront, The Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas – at the same time as operating – offers a luxury resort experience amid breathtaking natural beauty. It is a favorite part tourists, but presently, it is anyone’s guess at the same time as the hotel will be able to re-open.
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JAMAICA, 2017/05/29
Financial institutions, inclunding the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), are being urged by Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, to better establish a window of opportunity for Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs) and to invest additional in tourism in the region. Bartlett argued that a additional significant contribution to national economies and its citizens can only come through improving the capacity of people to provide an enhanced visitor experience.
Bartlett’s analysis came out his participation in a high-level panel discussion Thursday at the 47th Annual Conference of the Board of Governors of the CDB in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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JAMAICA, 2017/05/04
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says there are strong indications that Jamaica could reach its goal of five million visitors in a single year, before than before projected.
Bartlett, recently back from a working trip that included stops in Addis Ababa, Dubai and Bangkok, added that the island seems poised to make inroads in both the Asian and African markets, which would significantly boost before projections.
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JAMAICA, 2017/03/11
Honorable Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica Minister of Tourism, is currently in Berlin, Germany, participating in the major tourism tradeshow in the world, ITB Berlin, and the International Hotel Investment Forum, which focuses on delivering opportunities to persons who currently operate within the tourism industry or who want to do business in the sector, inclunding tourism and government officials.
Taking time out of his busy schedule, Minister Bartlett signaled his intention to appoint several of Jamaica’s Honorary Consuls in Europe as unpaid Tourism Advisors to his office, as he works on significantly boosting market share for tourists to Jamaica from several key European nations.
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BARBADOS, 2015/11/27
The redevelopment of the near 200-year-old Sam Lord’s Castle into a hotel managed by the world’s major hotel company will bring with it 3,000 local jobs, Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has disclosed.
Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony at the 57-acre site in the eastern parish of St. Philip yesterday, he said the new Sam Lord’s Castle Barbados, A Wyndham Grand Resort is as well expected to bring in significant amounts of foreign exchange.
“The macro-economic implications of the project cannot be understated. The hotel will employ in excess of 1,000 persons next completion, and is as well expected to generate approximately 2,000 additional jobs in other sectors of the economy. Foreign exchange earnings to be made by the property are estimated at over US$70 million a year, with a direct contribution to the GDP of US$35 million,” Stuart said.
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CUBA, 2015/11/27
Since August, at the same time as the reopening of the US Embassy in Havana signalled a new era in US-Cuba relations, the communist Caribbean country has featured prominently in travel circles, earning kudos for various aspects of its tourism plant and securing record bookings.
Presently, the island famous for its cigars, historic buildings, and vintage rolling stock, has made its way onto an extra inventory, in the process gaining the distinction of being the only Caribbean destination to be selected.
This time, Cuba placed part 10 destinations that the world’s top luxury travel specialists are most excited about for 2016, featuring in a inventory compiled for CNN by travel and culture writer Mark Johanson.
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CUBA, 2015/04/02
Trinidad and Tobago says it has signed a cooperation agreement with Cuba that will allow for the development of multi-destination tourism packages.
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said that the agreement was signed in Havana by Tourism Minister Gerald Hadeed and his Cuban counterpart Manuel Marrero Cruz.
It said the accord will allow for the exchange of professionals and specialists in scientific research to improve Trinidad and Tobago tourism product inclunding joint venture arrangements in the Cuban tourism industry.
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CUBA, 2014/12/18
The United States will relieve restrictions on remittances, travel and banking relations. It appears from presently on tourists will be allowed to vacation on the Caribbean Island of Cuba. They will be allowed to use US Dollar and US Credit cards to pay for expenses and travel packages.
Such a step would require congressional approval.
In the short term the United States will relieve travel restrictions across all 12 categories currently envisioned under limited circumstances in American law, inclunding family visits, official visits, journalistic, professional, educational and religious activities, and public performances, officials said. Ordinary tourism, however, will remain prohibited - perhaps only for a short foreseeable timeframe
