The Belize Tourism Board has released its stats for the 2018 tourism arrivals. The number of visitors that came to the Jewel grew by sixty-two thousand, a huge increase from the previous year. Cruise tourism also grew by sixteen percent, keeping tourism as the most thriving industry to grow the economy. The months of March […]
The inaugural flight from Minneapolis courtesy of Sun Country Airlines landed at the Philip Goldson International Airport around eleven a.m. on Saturday. The flight, which will bring tourists to Belize every Saturday, is seasonal and will only add to the already increased number of airlines now coming to the Jewel. News Five’s Duane Moody was […]
Golden Tree Hotel was temporarily closed down by the Belize Tourism Board for having violated the Hotel and Tourists Accommodation Act due to non-payment. Within twenty-four hours, the owners of the recently renovated hotel on Coney Drive, were able to clear its arrears on the mandatory hotel tax payments and was reopened. Director of Marketing […]
Becoming a Belizean specialist is now part of the requirement for tourism stakeholders as they prepare for the expansion of the industry in the years ahead. That includes hoteliers and others in the service sector. Today, the Belize Hotels Association held the second of its biannual meetings led by President Ted Tejada. He says that […]
Tourism continues as a top contributor to economic growth. New commercial airlines are flying to Belize from major US cities and hoteliers and restaurant owners are experiencing a boom. The expansion of the sector was lauded today at the annual general meeting of the Belize Tourism Industry Association which also elected a new president and […]
The Phillip Goldson International Airport is running out of space. This is according to Minister responsible for Civil Aviation, Manuel Heredia Junior. Belize’s only international airport has no more space to accommodate any more airlines looking to establish connections with Belize. According to Heredia, the government has plans to build two international airports; one in […]
In October, the Belize Tourism Board and the Ministry of Tourism revealed their plan to address the massive influx of sargassum in four tourism destinations in Belize. Beaches in San Pedro, Caye Caulker, Placencia and Hopkins have been invaded by the brown, foul and invasive macro-algae. The Government located one and half million dollars to […]
An AeroMexico E-one-ninety airplane touched down at the Philip Goldson International Airport on Saturday, becoming the first direct non-stop flight from Mexico City to Belize. AeroMexico is Mexico’s global airline with more than eleven years serving the region. The new flight to and from Mexico City is being offered on Saturday and Sunday only; at […]
Earlier in the month, eyebrows were raised after two aircrafts landed at the privately owned, Marco Caruso’s airstrip on the Placencia peninsula. It so happens that the planes were for wealthy Guatemalans attending a wedding on the peninsula. The reasons it raised eyebrows were because immigration and police officers knew of the planes landing minutes […]
Owner of City Shuttle, Philip Jones, is accusing the Department of Transport of unfair practices and discrimination of a political nature. Jones wants to provide transportation services to and from Belize City and Belama Phase three, four and five. Currently, Haylock Bus Service is the only company providing the exact same service to Belama Phase […]
According to Musa, the decision of the Department of Transport will be appealed and based on the minister’s decision, it will be decided whether the matter will be taken before the courts. Kareem Musa, Attorney “If he doesn’t make a decision within a reasonable time, our next step is to take this matter back […]
Today, McNab Visuals, in partnership with Maya Island Air, held an open house in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye. The purpose of the event was two-fold: it allowed for McNab to unveil its fourth instalment of Caribbean Culture and Lifestyle and the soft launch of the newly constructed terminal for Maya Island Air. Stakeholders from the […]
Tourism stakeholders, mainly hoteliers and tour operators, participated in a regional initiative funded by the Central American Travel Agency and supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation in Belize. Participants are learning to develop digital marketing strategies to feature their respective businesses online and at the touch of your fingertips. The trainers for […]
The Belize Tourism Board has released impressive statistics for tourist arrivals up to the third quarter of 2018. Since the beginning of the year, there have been over three hundred and seventy-two thousand overnight tourists arriving in the Jewel; this is a sixteen point six percent increase over 2017. Director of Marketing and Industry Relations, […]
The travel and leisure industry continues to be the primary source of profit for the country, as well as the number one contributor to its Gross Domestic Product. Prime Minister Barrow is touting the turnaround in performance of the economy, attributing it to the expansion of tourism. The PM shares the most recent outlook on […]
For the past few weeks, students from southern villages like San Jose, Dolores, San Benito Poite, Barranco, just to name a few, have been affected by the terrible road conditions. The road leading to Toledo Community College is in horrible conditions due to the heavy rains. The road is so bad that buses are having […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association launched the twentieth edition of the Destination Belize magazine. The publication’s theme ‘Find our Roots, Feel (Y)our Rhythms’ celebrates Belize’s cultural heritage. The covers were revealed today at a ceremony in Belize City. They’ve complemented the print publication with an online presence, as well as a Spanish version of the […]
FECTAB says that the B.T.B. is appeasing Carnival Cruise Lines at the detriment of the small tour operators and tour guides posted outside of FSTV. According to the umbrella organization, there are forty tour operators or roughly about six hundred persons working at the tourist village and collectively they say they are willing to say […]
Tourism Minister Manuel Heredia Junior is in the Bahamas for this year’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference. It commenced on Wednesday under the theme “Rejuvenate. Recreate. Reconnect. New Directions for Caribbean Tourism.” In his address to representatives of Caribbean countries, Minister Heredia discussed several advancements Belize has made in the tourism sector. Manuel […]
As part of this year’s B.T.B. Familiarization Tour, the media was taken to Chaa Creek: Belize Luxury Resort in the Cayo District. The resorts boast top notch accommodations with great customer services and its award winning relationship with its surrounding communities. Chaa Creek offers an unforgettable experience which News Five’s Hipolito Novelo got over the […]
Over the weekend media representatives were taken to Cayo to visit top tourist destinations as part of B.T.B.’s annual familiarization excursion. On Monday showed you the thrilling zip-lining and out of this world cave-tubing experiences that Cavetubing.bz offers. Today, News Five’s Hipolito Novelo takes a look at two top resorts in the Cayo District. […]
As an annual event, the Belize Tourism Board hosted members of the media for its 2018 familiarization tour. This year, the media was taken to the Cayo District where journalist and videographers got a firsthand experience at some of the tourist attractions that Belize has to offer in the west. The trip kicked off on […]
Commercial flights are set to resume services to and from Caye Caulker. If you’ll recall, last October Maya Island Air and Tropic Air suspended service in Caye Caulker because the deteriorated runway at the island’s airstrip posed a serious safety hazard. Today, government officially inaugurated the airstrip and showed off the restorations done to improve […]
With the reported number of visitors on an upward trend, another airline is starting flights to Belize for a four-month period. Sun Country Airlines announced earlier today that it will be flying to Belize later this year. The flights originate from its hub in Minneapolis/Saint Paul to the Phillip Goldson International Airport, and will be […]
Local bus companies running excursions to Chetumal, Cancun and other destinations within the state of Quintana Roo are required to purchase vehicle insurance in order for them to traverse carriageways in neighboring Mexico. The new condition came into effect earlier this month after a yearlong delay by Mexican authorities. While the municipal government of Chetumal […]
