PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Airlines is collaborating with the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), through its Regional Traveller Health Programme to promote healthy, safer tourism, as the region opens to tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Both CARPHA and Caribbean Airlines are committed to safe and responsible tourism to protect the health and…
ROUND-UP | Global deathsBrazil reports 67 636 new coronavirus cases, 2 929 deaths in 24 hours BRASILIA – Brazil recorded 67 636 additional confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 2 929 deaths from Covid-19, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. Brazil has registered more than 13.9 million cases since the…
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Photo: Tomás Del Coro/Wikimedia Colorado-based Frontier Airlines is expanding service to Jamaica arising from increased travel demand from Jamaicans living in South Florida. The airline added three new weekly non-stop flights between Montego Bay and Miami starting next month. In making the announcement, the ultra-low-cost carrier stated that the flights are scheduled to begin at…
photo: Wikipedia/World Travel & Tourism Council Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett is calling on regional tourism leaders to meet to discuss the impact of the La Soufriere volcanic explosion in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the Caribbean tourism sector. “A disruption of this magnitude calls for an urgent discussion with regional tourism leaders to…
TOURISM’S THREE MAIN IMPACT AREAS Negative impacts from tourism occur when the level of visitor use is greater than the environment’s ability to cope with this use within the acceptable limits of change. Uncontrolled conventional tourism poses potential threats to many natural areas around the world. It can put enormous pressure on an area and…
Romance and adventure are in the air on this lush West Indian island in the Caribbean, depending on your coast. To the west, you’ll find calm waters and good swimming. To the east, there are massive, competition-caliber waves. Wherever you stay, expect turquoise waters, fine soft sand beaches, catamaran cruises and delicious island fare. Source
photo: Wikipedia/World Travel & Tourism Council Recently, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Ed Bartlett, published an article in a Jamaican newspaper calling for the island to look “more seriously at diasporic tourism for accelerating investments in the country’s tourism product.” This is such an excellent idea. One wonders why the minister is placing it in a…
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has a new chief executive officer, Caribbean Journal has learned. The island’s top tourism agency has appointed Bermudian Charles Jeffers II to the post. Jeffers was hired through a global search to fill the office left vacant by former CEO Kevin Dallas, who stepped down in February 2020. Jeffers had…
By Krishna Srinivasan, Sònia Muñoz, and Varapat Chensavasdijai Español, Français As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe—bringing severe human and economic costs—the Caribbean is no exception. With over 1,000 confirmed cases, many countries have taken strong containment measures, such as border closures and lockdowns, to “flatten the curve.” But the “sudden stop”…
