Cuba hopes for tourist surge
Cuba is welcoming foreign tourists again after an eight-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the cash-strapped country will struggle to woo back wary and financially depleted travellers.
Cuba is welcoming foreign tourists again after an eight-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the cash-strapped country will struggle to woo back wary and financially depleted travellers.
The first cruise to sail the Caribbean since the pandemic shut down the industry has returned early to Barbados after passengers got preliminary positive test results for COVID-19.
Antigua and Barbuda is ready to receive its yachting guests for the start of the winter season and is sending a clear signal that it is as welcoming as ever.
North-East Tobago has been declared a biosphere reserve by the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere designation. Biosphere reserves promote ecological and biodiversity projects.
The Absolutely Caribbean Virtual Expo is hosting 50 exhibitors this week from across the Caribbean that manufacture products in sauces and condiments, natural products and alcoholic beverages.
St Lucia has introduced new COVID-19 protocols, including the suspension of all social gatherings.
Cubans are hopeful that when Joe Biden is installed as President of the United States, he will lift the crippling sanctions that saw tourism dramatically decline under Donald Trump’s administration.
Jamaica expected its 10th consecutive year of tourism growth judging from January and February figures which showed an increase by 5.2 percent with 4.5 million arrivals at the end of the year.
Grenada has secured a lucrative contract with an upmarket British company to produce the world’s first 99 percent carbon-free chocolate.
Sandy Lane, the legendary Barbados upmarket resort where Tiger Woods got married in 2004, has reopened.