As global tourism stakeholders and policymakers commemorate the first official Global Tourism Resilience Day, Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett today issued a call for the creation of a global tourism resilience fund to support tourism-dependent nations in periods of disruption.
 
The call came as key players in tourism from around the world, including the Caribbean and Africa, devoted the third day of the first-ever Global Tourism Resilience Conference to continuing discussions on the: Road to Global Sustainability and Development. Minister Bartlett expressed that “while we talk about building resilience for tourism we have to focus in the wider perspective on social, economic, political, health and security disruptions.”

Two of Antigua and Barbuda’s major source markets are driving a robust tourism recovery for the twin-island destination.

Speaking on the sidelines of the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s business meetings in Curaçao last week, Colin James, Chief Executive Officer of the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, reports that while the tourism sector recovered 88 percent of its 2019 business last year, both the United States and the United Kingdom had registered record levels of stayover arrivals in 2022.

Adriana Peña, wearing the costume Lisboa, designed by Santi Castro, is the Queen of the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2023. The candidate was crowned during a gala held last night at the International Trade Fair and Congress Centre of the capital.

The court of honour of the Tenerife Carnival is completed by the first lady, Hirisley Jiménez, with Metamorphosis (designed by Daniel Pages); Laura Fernández, with Así soy – this is me - (Sedomir Rodríguez); Carmen Hibner, Un mar de consciencia – sea of consciousness - (Alfonso Baute) and Marta Santana, with Historia de una reina – the story of a queen - (Alexis Santana).

As the tourism sector across the Caribbean registers strong post-pandemic results, the 25-member Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) is resuming several hallmark activities and events this year to help strengthen the region’s position as the world’s leading warm-weather destination.

Following business meetings in Curaçao last week, where ministers, commissioners and directors of tourism and their representatives met together as well as with tourism industry stakeholders, CTO chair Kenneth Bryan announced that 2023 will see the return of ‘Caribbean Week in New York’ in June, the State of the Industry Conference (SOTIC) in the Turks & Caicos Islands in the fall, and a conference focused on sustainable tourism development.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) on February 15, 2023, announced the winners of the Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards Competition 2022 at a Virtual Awards Function. CTO has been hosting the Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Awards from 2000 to coincide with the start of the new millennium, in seeking to support and promote the sustainable development of tourism in the Caribbean.

Curaçao, one of the Caribbean’s top performing tourism destinations, is playing host to leading tourism decision makers.

Ruisandro Cijntje, Curaçao’s Minister of Economic Development, welcomed directors, ministers and commissioners of tourism to the multilingual island as delegates prepared to attend the Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s (CTO) first business meetings of the year.