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By Kenton X. Chance CMC Contributing Writer GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 1, 2017 (CMC) – The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) says regional destinations must have protocols to determine at what point they stop accepting visitors, when a tropical cyclone is imminent. ...

BELIZE CITY, Belize, November 13, 2017 (CMC) – The Belize Tourist Board (BTB) says Canadian low-cost carrier, WestJet, has begun a new, non-stop, weekly service between Calgary and Belize, a move that will boost the tourism industry. BTB said a ...

By Marie Claire Williams CMC Feature Writer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 13, 2017 (CMC) – For more than three centuries, the Barbados economy relied heavily on sugar and rum production. However, by the 1990 and with the decline of sugar exports, ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 13, 2017 (CMC) – The Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF) has launched an investigation into the circumstances that may have led to the death of a 79-year-old visitor from Britain. The police report that the deceased, a ...

By Abby Quillen Contributing Writer Anxious about air travel? You’re not alone. Soaring 39,000 feet above the ground, in a crowded airliner with a stranger at the controls, is an inherently uncomfortable situation for many people. Between 10 and 40 ...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – St. Vincent and the Grenadines tourism sector is expected to benefit as a result of the damage caused to other Caribbean islands by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, last month, ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 23, 2017 (CMC) – Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says the Port of Falmouth, in the northern parish of Trelawny, is poised to become a model regional cruise shipping destination, noting that this augurs well for Jamaica’s industry ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 26, 2017 (CMC) – The Jamaica government says tourism continues to be the main engine of economic growth, providing indirect employment for one in every four people in the linked sectors, including agriculture, the creative and cultural ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, September 22, 2017 (CMC) – German leisure carrier, Condor and Lufthansa Group Eurowings, will launch flights to the Caribbean, next Monday – September 25 — from Dusseldorf. This follows the closure of Air Berlin’s long-haul routes to the ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, September 12, 2017 (CMC) – Dominica tourism sector is set to benefit from the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma on the Leeward Islands, after officials confirmed that the cruise ship, “Carnival Fascination”, is due here, on Tuesday. Tourism ...