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State-sponsored homophobia and transphobia could be costing 12 English speaking Caribbean countries as much as $689 million in lost tourism every year from LGBTQ+ travellers who would rather spend their pink dollars in more welcoming destinations according to a new report from Virgin Atlantic and consultancy Open for Business. Nine out of the 12 countries…
Virgin Atlantic has partnered with Open for Business on new research to show the economic cost of LGBT+ discrimination in 12 English-speaking Caribbean countries. The Economic Case for LGBT+ Inclusion in the Caribbean features data from the largest ever survey of Caribbean LGBT+ people (those currently living in the region plus diaspora), as well as…
One of the leading hotels in The Bahamas has received a nod for its health and safety efforts. The Graycliff Hotel has been awarded the Travellers Health Assurance Stamp for “Healthier Safer Tourism” by the Caribbean Public Health Agency. Graycliff is the only business in The Bahamas to receive the accolade from CARPHA, the…
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Just how vulnerable much of the Caribbean remains to economies that continue to be heavily dependent on tourism is reflected in a recent report published by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) which puts the financial cost of the still rampaging Covid-19 virus at a staggering US$33.9 billion. The WTTC’s annual Economic Impact Report…
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Jamaica Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says visitor arrivals for June are estimated at 150,000 as the sector continues to rebound. “So far, for the month of June, in seven days we have 37,000 visitors. That means we’re running at just over 5,000 per day,” he noted. The projected arrival figures for June will continue…
USVI Commissioner of Tourism Joseph Boschulte (right) presented a portrait to and exchanged ideas with Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett in Jamaica last week. (Submitted photo)The U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism is interested in collaborating with its Caribbean neighbors on tourism-enhancing initiatives as the region’s bread-and-butter sector rebounds from the adverse impacts of…
Buoyed by one of the Caribbean’s leading travel health systems, The Bahamas is seeing a broad tourism rebound. Indeed, tourism is rebounding every day in The Bahamas, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar said this week. Almost 300,000 visitors have received Bahamas Travel Health visas to enter the country in the first five months of 2021,…
