“One destination does not make an itinerary,” said U.S. Virgin Islands Commissioner of Tourism Joseph Boschulte as he highlighted the importance of greater collaboration among Caribbean destinations and cruise line partners to ensure the safe and successful return of cruises to the region.
While travel advisories have been placed on several Caribbean destinations due to the increase in COVID-19 cases, attributed to the highly contagious delta variant, a leading tourism executive has countered that travel to the region is safe because of effective health safety measures....
The global travel site Big 7 has just named its annual top 50 beaches in the world and Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach comes in at a healthy 29th place.
Hon Kenneth Bryan, Minister for Tourism has today announced that registration for the tourism stipend will be re-opened to give displaced tourism workers who missed the previous registration deadline a chance to apply.
While Caribbean tourism industry stakeholders are encouraged by growing signs of a recovery on the horizon, and most businesses have reopened or are planning to, many tourism-related businesses will remain challenged to return to pre-pandemic employment and operation levels.
There have been more than 100 applications from families, couples and individuals who want to make the Cayman Islands home, under the Department of Tourism’s Global Citizen Concierge Programme, first launched in October 2020.
Hon. Kenneth Bryan, Minister for Tourism had his first opportunity to gain deeper insight into the inner workings of the Department of Tourism (CIDOT) at a Ministerial briefing held with the Departments leadership team on Wednesday 12 May.
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.