Last Updated on February 26, 2022, 1:14 PM AST by Anthony Morris
The world famous St. Kitts Music Festival music festival is back this summer as part of a plan by the Ministry of Tourism and the St. Kitts Tourism Authority. The event will get more people to stay longer.
Putting “heads in our beds” is how Lindsay Grant, Canada’s Minister of Tourism, summed up the goal of the strategy. Promotional activities are meant to capitalize on the “pent up demand” for travel by people living in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Grant said that every effort is being made to make the event safe and welcoming when it takes place in June of 2022.
“I am happy to say that the Ministry of Tourism, the St. Kitts Music Festival Committee, the COVID-19 Task Force, and the Ministry of Health are all working together to make sure that the St. Kitts Music Festival will be safe from June 23 to 25,” he told the crowd.
Four waves of community spread of the virus have been stopped by health care workers since 2020. They also came up with strong rules for hosting international events, and the 2021 Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament last September was a good example. The best practices and the most up-to-date guidelines will be used to make the plan for the festival.
Minister Grant said that the local economy is on the mend after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the SKMF fits right in with this plan.
To make money: “The goal of the festival since its inception has been to make money during slow times of the year. With the usual drop in our summer cruise traffic and the hiatus of our seasonal flights, this event is important to keeping and regaining momentum.”
When the global health crisis got bad, the SKMF was cancelled in 2020 and 2021. This year, the SKMF comes back.
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