Tag: Department of Tourism
Tourism on road to recovery with one million visitors
(CNS): Official figures released by the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism show that 284,274 people vacationed here last year and 743,394 cruise passengers called at George Town port, as the tourism sector began recovering once the borders opened, cruise ships began returning and all restrictions were lifted by the summer. The figures for both sectors […]
High hopes for visitor boost from CAL’s LAX route
(CNS): Both government and the private sector are pinning their hopes on the new Cayman Airways direct flight to Los Angeles to drive an increase in visitor numbers and a boost for tourism businesses as the sector moves into its first post-pandemic high season with fully open borders. Cayman neeeds to significantly increase arrivals after […]
Opposition questions choice of tourism promos
(CNS): Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart (GTE) questioned government last week about two odd choices the Department of Tourism had made to promote the Cayman Islands: a deal with Portsmouth Football Club in the UK and another deal with a designer handbag company in the US. Since Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan was away at an overseas […]
DoT using designer leather bags as promo tool
(CNS): The Department of Tourism has taken another unusual turn in its efforts to promote the Cayman Islands to wealthy travellers, working with a Chicago-based luxury leather bag maker. In a press release issued Friday, officials said the department was partnering with the custom leather goods brand, Laudi Vidni, on a unique line of coloured leathers inspired […]
Video COVID-19 LFTs OKed for visitors
(CNS): The Department of Tourism has approved a video-based technology to enable visitors struggling to access COVID-19 tests prior to travel to take a lateral flow test via a confirmed video observation through AZOVA Inc, a certified video proctoring service, after downloading the app. The latest entry protocols require inbound travellers to have a negative […]
DoT to spend $40M promoting Cayman
(CNS): The Department of Tourism will be spending close to CI$40 million over the next two years in an effort to attract back the more than half a million stay-over guests that were visiting the Cayman Islands before the COVID-19 pandemic struck and the tourism sector collapsed.
Travellers not allowed to do own lateral flow tests
(CNS): Fully vaccinated visitors and returning residents who want to avoid quarantine as the Cayman Islands transitions into Phase 4 of the border reopening plan will not be doing their own lateral flow tests for SARS-CoV-2. Instead travellers will be required to take the three rapid tests during their first ten days after arrival with […]
Tourism audit to assess labour needs and skills
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism is taking part in a Caribbean-wide online survey on labour needs and skills in the tourism market. The Regional Human Resources Development Knowledge and Skills Audit for the Tourism Industry has been commissioned by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and funded by the Caribbean Development Bank. The survey […]
Ministers press tourism sector over local jobs
(CNS): The new tourism minister, Kenneth Bryan, and his Cabinet colleague Chris Saunders, the new minister for labour, are publicly pressing leaders of the tourism industry to use the pandemic as an opportunity to change the low numbers of locals employed in the sector and reintegrate Caymanians into an industry that was once a popular […]
Three Global Citizens now in the Cayman Islands
(CNS): Government’s plan to attract wealthy people who are able to work or run their overseas businesses from this jurisdiction virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be gaining traction. Officials said there are now 60 applications being processed under the Global Citizen Concierge Programme, 22 of them have been approved. Three applicants and their […]
Global Citizen launch conflicts with travel rules
(CNS): The Global Citizen initiative to woo rich, working visitors for a two-year stay was formally launched yesterday, but it seems the programme is in conflict with the current inbound travel rules. The categories of people who may enter the Cayman Islands are still restricted to Caymanians, residents, workers, students, property owners and relatives, and […]
