While the tourist arrivals continued to lag pre-pandemic numbers, the first half year performance was boosted by a second quarter spurt when overnight tourist visits to the Caribbean jumped between ten and 37 times greater than those in the corresponding...
As part of its global efforts to work with governments and tourism agencies to support responsible travel and local economic growth, Airbnb announced its partnership with the Caribbean Tourism Organization.
The thriving tourism of Latin America and the Caribbean has been brought to a standstill by the COVID-19 pandemic.
It will be designed to allow participants more time to engage with tour operators, travel advisors, partners, trade and consumer media and influencers, to network, showcase and sell their destinations and services.
Pablo Torres, the president of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), predicted the Caribbean will see a return of tourism to the region, "faster than many parts of the world".
In an exclusive interview with TTC, its Acting Secretary General, Neil Walters, comments on the initiatives developed by the organization, the projections of the sector and other topics of interest.
The edition will be presented during the upcoming London World Travel Market Fair WTM 2020, which will be held completely virtual from November 9 to 11, with the aim of helping to recover and rebuild the travel industry.
The new protocols will require visitors, and returning citizens and residents to obtain a RT-PCR (swab) test no more than seven (7) days prior to their travel to The Bahamas.
St. Kitts & Nevis is pleased to once again welcome visitors to its shores beginning October 31, 2020. In order to ensure a responsible reopening of its borders, the Federation is the last Caribbean destination to do so.
For the month of August, the destination received 4761 visitors, with 67% of these visitors travelling from the United States, followed by 21% from the United Kingdom & Europe, 7% from the Caribbean and 3% from Canada.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley today called for tourism employees to have priority in accessing Covid-19 vaccines due to the importance of this sector for Caribbean countries.
The Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, David Collado, announced that he is working together with different sectors in the last details prior to the entry into force of the new provisions and sanitary protocols of the Responsible Tourism...
The Turks and Caicos Islands are planning to resume tourism and reopen borders from July 22.
The Bahamas was just months into recovering from one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever to hit land when COVID-19 struck.
Photo: alexandralexey/123RF Tourism-dependent destinations in the Caribbean are being advised to look more to regional travel to boost their tourism product post COVID-19. At the same time, former Minister of Tourism and Aviation in the Bahamas Vincent...
Already faced with billions of dollars in losses as a result of COVID-19, Jamaica’s tourism ministry has begun planning the reopening of its industry in order to help save the country’s economy.
Aruba has been closed to overseas arrivals since March 16, shortly after the island nation recorded its first cases of coronavirus.
The Turks and Caicos Islands welcomed a total of 1,598,557 Visitor Arrivals for 2019.