Last Updated on November 2, 2021, 3:20 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Basseterre: Authorities at the St Kitts Ministry of Tourism are using this year’s November month as Tourism Awareness Month, which runs from November 1-30, to focus on revitalizing the sector after the COVID-19. This is displayed in the theme: “Tourism for inclusive growth and sustainable economic recovery.”
While a televised address to the Federation on Monday, November 1, 2021, to declare the month open, the Minister of Tourism Lindsay Grant, commented on the matter.
“[The theme was] carefully chosen to reflect the critically important role that tourism must play in the future in delivering benefits that are more equitably distributed across sectors and within our communities, so that all citizens and residents enjoy them more broadly and fairly, ”said Minister Grant.
Minister Grant said stakeholders innovatively addressed the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The tiered approach, ‘Whole Society’ adopted from the beginning to manage the pandemic, clearly underscores our understanding that measurable and sustainable recovery and growth in the sector can only be achieved through the constant practice of inclusiveness, cooperation and collaboration. In this sense, our Certification Program and Stamps “Approved Travel”, developed more than a year ago by the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Authority of St. Kitts, has offered to all commercial operators and service providers related to the tourism access to the necessary training to rebuild and reactivate tourism in a responsible manner ”, said the Minister of Tourism.
“To ensure broad stakeholder participation, the XCD $100 application fee was eliminated and a comprehensive communication campaign was conducted to promote the program and ensure that everyone throughout the tourism community was fully aware of its availability, at no additional cost.”
Minister Grant indicated that the fee will be waived again for the 2021-2022 season. Equally important, she added that from July 2020 to August 2021, 3,557 people in St. Kitts and Nevis accessed the training. In September 2021, an additional 221 people received the training. The training will continue in November and December and “beyond what is necessary,” he said.
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