As Cuba closed its borders to protect its citizens from the COVID-19 virus, its famed medical teams are continuing to arrive in European and Caribbean countries to help others overcome the pandemic’s scourge.
Jamaican tourism officials are striking an optimistic chord about the destination's potential recovery once the global coronavirus situation is has been brought under control.
Countries throughout the Caribbean and Latin America are ordering residents to remain at home in an effort to contain the coronavirus. Here’s a look at what some governments are doing as of March 28, 2020.
Carnival Cruise Line and MSC Cruises said Monday the companies won’t go back to cruising until May 12 and May 30, respectively, a full month later than previously announced.
Photo: Gustavo Frazao/123RF Trinidad projected 70,000 passenger’s arrivals on 27 calls, including three maiden calls and calls from two new-to-island cruise lines. In 2018-2019 the island received 59,000 passengers. Howard Chin Lee, chairman of Tourism Trinidad, said the island is working with regional and local tourism groups to expand their share of the cruise sector. Trinidad is associated with the birth of the steel pan, calypso music, and all the glittering revelry of Caribbean carnivals. Chin Lee stressed modern travelers are looking for more than duty free shopping. “Today’s travelers are looking for new experiences; especially millennials – or as we like to call them, the disrupters – who are actively seeking out authentic experiences in exotic, far flung destinations and want something cool to share with their friends on social media,” he said while welcoming the Caribbean Princess to port. Trinidad’s long-term goal is to build a sustainable [...]
A Caribbean concept is that there is considerable experience in the states of the area in managing interruptions and risks when facing hurricanes and other natural disasters, in addition to severe global economic tensions.
Cuba will quarantine foreign tourists from Tuesday (Mar 24) when it seals its borders to guard against the spread of the new coronavirus, the prime minister said Monday, in a move cutting one of the communist country's few revenue sources.
The hotels on the East coast are gradually closing their doors, laying off staff, concluding with the stay of the few tourists staying and waiting for the ferry flights (charter) to return their guests to their countries.
The coronavirus outbreak has paralyzed the global tourism industry, leaving thousands of travelers scrambling to return home and devastating economies that depend on visitors.
The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has signed an agreement with a leading global market research firm, Euromonitor International, through which members can access additional information to aid in their tourism planning.
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