Five months after Hurricane Iris devastated much of Southern Belize, the recovery effort is still underway. While most of the affected villages have rebuilt many of the structures lost to the storm, the question now, is has a sense of normalcy been restored. News 5 was on the Placencia peninsula on Saturday and here’s what […]
One industry in which healthy competition between two companies seems to be working, is domestic aviation. Each day Tropic and Maya Island airlines go wing to wing in an effort to carry the biggest share of the local and tourist traffic. Last week Maya Island celebrated forty years in the air, but today it was […]
Flying might not be on the top of everybody’s list of things to do lately, but local carriers aren’t being discouraged by that attitude. Like other members of the tourism sector, Belizean airline companies continue to make investments in the industry. Today, Maya Island Air unveiled the latest addition to its fleet. News 5 was […]
Three weeks after the terrorist attacks in the United States, airport security officers all over the world continues to impose stringent security checks. In Belize, it’s the same story. The question now is whether these extra regulations will be replaced by complacency in the future. News 5 took a trip to Ladyville today to find […]
Diplomatic representatives are still unable to confirm all the names of those Belizeans missing in the September eleventh terrorist attack on the United States of America. Consular officials will be holding meetings in both New York and Washington on Tuesday, when U.S. authorities are expected to release full lists of those not yet accounted for. […]
Meanwhile, although scheduled air service is slowly returning to U.S. cities, that movement has not yet spread to Belize. All three major airlines serving Belize–Continental, American and TACA–report that no flights operated today between Belize and the U.S.A. While they hope that operations can resume on Saturday, passengers are asked to check before heading to […]
The Belize Tourism Industry Association has released the 2002 Destination Belize Magazine. The one hundred and ninety-four-page publication, which is described as the official visitor magazine of the country, is intended to help tourists get to know Belize’s best places to visit. Kim Simplis, Executive Director of the B.T.I.A., says the magazine is part of […]
The tourism industry continues to re-write the record books, almost on a monthly basis. Figures for August show that tourist arrivals at Philip Goldson International Airport rose ten point six percent over the same period last year. The precise figures are eleven thousand, two hundred and sixty-six in August 2001 versus ten thousand, one hundred […]
A popular Cayo resort has been internationally recognised for its work in preserving the environment. The Lodge at Chaa Creek is this year’s recipient of the Islands Magazine-Caribbean Tourism Organisation Sustainable Tourism Award. The resort, located on the Macal River midway between San Ignacio and Benque Viejo, was honoured for its focus on the environment, […]
A new promotional video on Belize has been produced for the Belize Tourism Board. The twenty-one minute presentation, narrated by Colive Cabral and featuring music by Andy Palacio and Pablo Collado, focuses not just on pretty scenery, but also on Belizean culture. The tape is on sale at the BTB and will be shown tonight […]
Belizeans who study in Jamaica or travel frequently to the Caribbean will be happy to know that Air Jamaica may soon be opening a route between Belize and its hub in Montego Bay. A delegation from the Jamaican national carrier visited last week and presented a proposal for three times a week non-stop jet service […]
While filling hotels during the winter months of December, January, February and March has never been a major problem for Belizean tourism operators, the other eight months of the year have traditionally been the industry’s downfall. But figures released today indicate that those familiar patterns may be changing. Tourist arrivals for May at the Philip […]
If you headed down the Southern Highway this Easter en route to the attractions of Placencia, Hopkins or Cockscomb, you may have noticed a sign not far from the Stann Creek junction pointing toward a place called Mayflower. If you were too busy to explore it this trip, let us suggest that next time, you […]
People who travel in the south of the country will be happy to hear that two new projects will make life on the road a little less bumpy and dusty. Minister of Works Henry Canton today signed two contracts under the Feeder Roads Rehabilitation Project. The first, with Albert Reimer of Valley Ranch Enterprise, was […]
It doesn’t fully qualify as bad news, but in the booming industry it’s about as close as we get. That news is that due to several bankruptcies of Florida based cruise lines, the number of cruise passengers arriving in Belize this year is not expected to grow. Both Premier and Commodore have shut down their […]
If you think that the new boat in the Bahamas is hot,(referring to previous story from the Caribbean) then the pair featured in the next story will really get you excited. They are the products of local maritime tradition and craftsmanship combined with modern materials and technology. Very shortly they will rule the seas of […]
Wednesday night’s second episode of FOX TV’s “Temptation Island” was, if anything a bigger hit for Belize than the opener. The series of dates that the show’s couples went on took them to a who’s who of Belizean destinations – among them were the Chechem Ha Cave, Blue Hole National Park, Community Baboon Sanctuary, Five […]
Tonight is episode number two of Temptation Island, the U.S. TV show whose dubious morality is exceeded only by its advertising value for Belize. In case you’ve been asleep for the last several weeks, the show places four unmarried but committed couples at luxurious Ambergris Caye resorts and then separates them in the company of […]
The year 2000 was an impressive one for Belize’s tourism industry and so far 2001 is off to a great start. The latest good news is that Minister of Tourism Mark Espat has been named as Travel Agent Magazine’s “Person of the Year” for Latin America. Travel Agent may not be a household name, but […]
It’s a village that sits on a thin ribbon of land in the middle of a shimmering lagoon. The serene waters are home to an abundance of game fish, not to mention the amazing manatee. But despite its beauty, few Belizeans know it. Hopefully, that situation will change. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Gales Point is described […]
Viewers who live near the airport in Ladyville may have recently noticed a sleek new silhouette in the sky. The Boeing 757, operated by American Airlines, is the largest aircraft currently serving Belize and is in use daily to and from Dallas. The market in the Central and Western United States is rapidly expanding and […]
The Mayan site of Cerros on Corozal Bay is not well known, but a new project undertaken by the Department of Archaeology and the Protected Areas Conservation Trust will make it more attractive to visitors. Under the PACT financed programme, an existing open-air pavilion will be converted to a visitors centre, featuring display panels with […]
Belize’s Tourism season usually begins with the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving, which was celebrated a week ago. With San Pedro and Caye Caulker, two of Belize’s biggest destinations, still recovering from Hurricane Keith, there have been some questions about the prospects for continued strong growth in the industry. Minister of Tourism Mark Espat, however, expressed […]
Residents of the Belize and Toledo districts will soon benefit from two major infrastructural projects. After many years of talk, the Burrell Boom Road between the Northern and Western Highways, will finally be upgraded and paved. Work will begin soon on the seventeen point three million dollar project, which will be carried out by Cisco […]
The news tonight once again focuses on the hurricane ravaged island communities of San Pedro and Caye Caulker. A story later in this broadcast deals with government’s decision to make available up to three hundred prefabricated houses, which were originally earmarked for the new satellite town at La Democracia. And at the same time that […]
