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By BRIA KING ALL FULLY VACCINATED persons from St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) who wish to travel to the United Kingdom (UK),will be treated as being unvaccinated and therefore will not be eligible for any quarantine exemption. This is due to the new travel protocols that came into effect yesterday, October 4 in the UK, which has done away with the previous traffic light system of green, amber and …

The Argyle International Airport (AIA), will this month see three international flights landing on the same day for the first time, even as local health authorities continue to navigate the latest COVID-19 spike. Glen Beache, the chief executive officer of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) told SEARCHLIGHT yesterday that Virgin Atlantic’s inaugural flight to SVG and the resumption of Caribbean Airline flights from New York were …

Local health authorities are in the process of testing and finalising new entry protocols as St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) prepares to welcome larger international flights in the coming weeks.  Several options being explored may see travellers providing documentation for verification before boarding a flight to SVG and PCR testing being done at a different location rather than at the Argyle International Airport (AIA). Government and tourism officials had …

Article by Social Share Kingston – St Vincent and the Grenadines is expecting 224 cruise calls this season after having none last year. The first cruise ship, Seaborne Odyssey, is expected to call at Port Elizabeth next on August 7, Minister of Tourism Carlos James said, noting that the ship is hoping to call every other Saturday until October. “This is, of course, the early stages and we are expecting to see more calls being added to St Vincent and the Grenadines as a destination. We anticipate additional calls and, of course, this is subject to, as I stated very early, the caveat ...

Health and Tourism personnel are working diligently to prepare for the return of cruise ship visitors. By: Dayle Da Silva• The cruise industry is set to resume with some level of normalcy and local health officials are said to be working on protocols in anticipation of the arrival of cruise liners and passengers to Port Kingstown. Dr Simone Keizer-Beache, Chief Medical Officer confirmed this while speaking on radio on July 19.  "The emphasis is on vaccinated passengers and just as they are looking at vaccinated passengers, you have to look at the persons who will greet and meet those pers...