The St Kitts Nevis Observer
In the Bahamas, March was the busiest month for visitor arrivals since the start of COVID-19 travel restrictions, with early indications showing that approximately 60,000 tourists visiting based on the number of health visas sold.
Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar confirmed yesterday that the number of visas required to enter the country has nearly doubled since the peak in December.
“If I go back and look at the health visas that were purchased by visitors, when we first started in November, there were about 14,000 visitors that came in and then in December when Christmas came along, there were about 32,000. Then in January, it obviously dipped back down to 21,000 but it was more than November. Then in February, it was 28,000 – February was 28 days, it was probably as good as December was. Then in March, we jumped to 60,000 visitors. March was a bump. I think a lot of persons were on Spring Break,” D’Aguilar told
March busiest month for tourism since start of COVID-19 pandemic
Approximately 60,000 tourists visited Bahamas based on number of health visas sold Tourists and residents exit the arrivals terminal at the Lynden Pindling International Airport in this file photo. AHVIA J. CAMPBELL
Although official numbers are not out, March was the busiest month for visitor arrivals since the start of COVID-19 travel restrictions, with early indications showing that approximately 60,000 tourists visited The Bahamas based on the amount of health visas sold.
Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar confirmed yesterday that the number of visas required to enter the country has nearly doubled since the peak in December.
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“Terminals were never designed to be testing centers or to allow for six-feet distance between each passenger,” said Hanna, who made his remarks during an appearance on Cable Bahamas Business Solutions’ Digital Citizen webinar series. He suggested that large hotels could become airline check-in sites in order to lessen the build-up of people in the airport ter
Airline may call on Treasury for extra $41m Hikes mirror recommendations by PwC
By NEIL HARTNELL
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
A Cabinet minister yesterday said the Government had no choice but to increase Bahamasair s fares in a bid to contain skyrocketing losses that could hit $60m for the airline s current financial year.
Dionisio D Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, told Tribune Business that COVID-19 s devastating impact on the national flag carrier s already-precarious finances meant the Government couldn t hold back any longer on raising fares across all its domestic routes from January 4, 2021.
Conceding that the projected $50-$60m loss for the 12 months to end-June 2021 was conservative , and could easily be exceeded depending on how quickly travel rebound in the first six months of the New Year, Mr D Aguilar acknowledged that Bahamasair s red ink represented a further bail-out call for already-stressed Bahamian taxpayers.