The Barbados 12-month Welcome Stamp programme has proven to be the saviour for the island’s tourism as the number of short-stay-visitors plummeted in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to Minister of Tourism Senator Lisa Cummins who said on Tuesday the programme, designed to attract long-stay visitors to compensate for the drastic decline in short-stay visitors, had to date netted “around 5 000” visitors from around …
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State Of The Industry Media Breakfast at Hilton Barbados.
She spoke of the challenges brought by COVID-19, but painted a hopeful picture for a rebound later this year.
This week in On Point, Editor-In-Chief Carol Martindale, who attended the event, talks about the people impacted by tourism and what she thinks needs to be done to get the sector back on track.
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