Tourism Minister, Hon. Kenneth Bryan is wasting no time becoming acquainted with key tourism stakeholders.
The Caribbean COVID-19 Tourism Task Force is calling for continued diligence and adherence to public health safety protocols and encourages all tourism-related stakeholders who are able to do so to be vaccinated as vaccines become available.
As is natural for those from a small island nation, Caymanians have always had a strong connection with the sea. The 1934 census of the Cayman Islands illuminates this link, revealing that more than 50 per cent of men between 18 and 60 were involved in seafaring.
Last time we explored Cayman’s rich ship-building heritage, so a natural follow-on from that article is a look at two of Cayman’s most famous locally-built ships - the Cimboco and the Goldfield
The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism (CIDOT) has launched its newest training series, Immersed. Immersed is part of the PRIDE training programme and is a monthly hands-on learning experience focusing on authentic Caymanian culture and heritage.
The tourism industry in the Cayman Islands has been among the sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic due to the closure of borders.
Caribbean countries with economies heavily reliant on tourism are facing another challenge as the industry is confronted with the real prospect of further delays to a much-hoped-for recovery.
When Hon. Premier Alden McLaughlin pinned Cayman’s further reopening on the pace and success of the ongoing vaccination programme that projection was also hugely dependent on vaccine supply.
Cayman has seen hundreds of incoming travelers test positive for the coronavirus over the past few months, so new travel requirements for all incoming travelers to produce a negative Covid test before they travel should reduce those numbers considerably.
Even though the UK Government has announced the closure of its ‘travel corridors’, of which the Cayman Islands as an Overseas Territory was a part, this does not mean that Cayman will lose its all-important direct link with the UK.