C.E.O. Says Border Agencies are Ready

Nicole Solano

The temporary travel ban on persons travelling from India and Bangladesh will also apply to the reopening of land borders.  The much larger issue of border security arises now too as many see this as an open invitation to enter Belize, especially through illegal crossings.  C.E.O. Solano says the ministry and partnering agencies are aware of these potential problems.

Nicole Solano, C.E.O, Ministry of Tourism and Diaspora Relations

“Border security is a much bigger issue beyond the tourism topic. We in the tourism industry cannot pretend for a minute we can solve all these problems. We are cognizant of those issues. We know that making a declaration of opening the borders is going to mean people will think they can come in. We feel confident in the agencies.  We feel confident in the people at the borders. We have had several meetings with all the agencies at many different levels. And that is only the start. We must continue doing that over the next couple of weeks. And as things continue to reopen, we will have to tweak and pay very close attention and address things as we go. But we feel confident in the people at the borders and the agencies that we should be able to manage this.”