Belize Expat and Travel Blog October Archive

International Financial Crisis and Tourism

By Website Introductions at 10/19/08 19:35

The international financial crisis is already kicking in specially in less developed country when the hard players like America gets into trouble.

The old saying "When they sneeze, we already have a cold", has once again proven as the credit crisis in US have already affected tourism by two successive quarter with negative growth.

A copy of the letter of the prime minister can be read on the link below that discusses the U.S. financial crisis and how the tourism sector will respond.

Link: 7 News Belize

Tourism Frontliners of Belize

Tourism Front liners

Taxi Drivers maybe the first and last person that any particular tourist will interact with. So in Belize, the tourism authorities BTIA , BTB and private sector falitated a very import seminar workshop for taxi drivers.

These cab drivers play an important role in the tourism industry as they could sell Belize's qualities worth visiting. They may be more important and more efficient than sign commercials and billboard said one of the seminar facilitator.

Link: Taxi Drivers get tourism training, Belize News, San Pedro Sun