Last Updated on September 12, 2021, 7:29 AM AST by Renaldo St Juste
The government in St Kitts and Nevis has created a safe bubble at Port Zante. This step has been taken so that the passengers who would reach the twin-island Federation would not get mix with the citizens of the country. A similar way might be used to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus between the passengers and the local community.
While speaking during a press conference on September 8, Minister of Tourism Lindsay Grant said that the passengers in the first phase would not be permitted to move freely in the streets of Basseterre during their journey.
Minister Grant said, “As the Celebrity Equinox will arrive at Port Zante, Port Zante will become a bubble, and we are at this time working with the COVID-19 Task Force, UDC (Urban Development Corporation), tour operators, and the retail operators at Port Zante to finalize the logistics of this bubble. The visitors arriving at our shores on cruise vessels will explore the destination via Travel Approved Fully Vaccinated Tours.”
Minister Grant also said that all people communicating with cruise ship passengers include SCASPA security, Customs, Immigration, retail operators, vendors, taxi and tour bus operators, and attraction site employees. These enlisted persons should also have completed the Travel Approved training facilitated by the St. Kitts Tourism Authority. Additionally, the Ministry of Health and its associates must be fully vaccinated.
While concluding, Minister Grant said that they would be in the limelight when they would be receiving Equinox on September 14. At the same time, other cruise lines and destinations would be monitoring the success of their call, and they would be doing all they could do to make the call a success. They had also received a request for a call on October 5 2021, however, the fulfilment of the call in October and future calls depend mainly on the success of the Celebrity Equinox’s visit on September 14. The success of the call would be their success as a nation and has been critical to their rebuilding efforts.
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