Tourism

As unemployment rises dramatically in Barbados and hopes for the immediate recovery of the tourism industry fades, the Minister for Investment appears to be banking on Barbados receiving its first …

Cruise ships off the coast of Barbados are continuing to source some of their food for crew members from local farmers at their own cost. Word of this has come …

Tourism officials are consumed with determining strategies to keep Barbados top-of-mind in its major markets with a near $30 million fund, while the country battles the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Minister …

Tourism-dependent destinations in the Caribbean are being advised to look more to regional travel to boost their tourism product post COVID-19. At the same time, former Minister of Tourism and …

COVID-19 has crushed the tourism industry, accounting for 5,000 hotel worker’s jobs lost and shuttering nearly nine out of ten hotels in the industry’s worst crisis, according to the Barbados …

Despite the government’s reluctance to close its borders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a slew of international carriers are cancelling flights to Barbados and slashing their services to the island, Minister …

As visitor numbers dwindle in the wake of COVID-19, Barbadians should now become their own country’s tourists, Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds has suggested, declaring that now is the time …

Several tourism officials are defending Government’s decision to keep the country’s borders open to visitors from around the world despite the fear associated with the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). …

Hoteliers are reeling from cancellations and no-shows from the COVID-19 pandemic, with millions of dollars in losses, some attractions reporting up to 70 per cent decline in business and others …