Six other Caribbean countries have joined Turks and Caicos Islands in mandating that all visitors must be vaccinated.
The new policy which was announced by Minister of Health Jamell Robinson, is receiving strong support and rave reviews in the international media.
A recent article on CNBA stated that at least seven Caribbean nations and territories have announced mandatory vaccination policies for incoming adult travelers — Anguilla, Grenada, St. Barts, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, as well as the Cayman Islands.
"The relative strictness or leniency of entrance requirements in the Caribbean is reshaping travel trends in the region. Unvaccinated travelers are gravitating to the islands that will let them in, while the vaccinated want places that keep the unimmunized out," the report stated."Safety is cited as the main reason behind the requirement, but such policies may also be good for business."
The CNBC article noted that marketing technology company Zeta Global analyzed site traffic to the main tourism websites of several islands after they announced vaccinated-only policies, said Eric Bamberger, senior vice president of hospitality at Zeta Global.
Following the announcements, travel interest increased to all of them: Grenada, up 25%: St. Kitts and Nevis, up 26%: Cayman Islands, up 44% and Anguilla, up 59%.
The data showed two trends emerging in the Caribbean, said Bamberger.
“People have more interest in traveling to islands where there...
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