Departing Barbados diplomat lists Caribbean concerns
junio 30, 2016
WASHINGTON — Ambassador John Beale of Barbados, who steps down today as his island’s top diplomat here after six and a half years in Washington, recently answered some tough questions — ranging from the long-term impact of improving U.S.-Cuba relations on regional tourism to whether Caribbean islands are doing enough to fight international tax evasion.
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Barbados enjoys record-breaking tourism season
abril 6, 2016
This November, Barbados will mark its 50th anniversary of independence. But the 166-square-mile island long known as “Little England” has more than that to celebrate.
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Taxes, deficit threaten Barbados tourism-based economy
febrero 6, 2014
Economic difficulties in Europe and the ever-increasing air passenger duty (APD) imposed by Great Britain have combined to threaten the Barbados tourism industry.
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European downturn, airport tax, crime plague Barbados tourism industry
abril 3, 2013
Barbados, an island highly dependent on tourism, is reeling under continued economic difficulties in Europe — its main tourism market — as well as a pending hike in the U.K. airline passenger duty and several violent attacks against British nationals.
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USVI defends rum trade perks against mounting Caribbean diplomatic protests
febrero 4, 2013
Donna Christiansen, the U.S. Virgin Islands’ non-voting delegate to Congress, is aggressively defending her territory’s right to use rum excise-tax rebates to lure companies such as Diageo to its shores.
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Caribbean tourism officials step up lobbying campaign against U.K. airline tax
mayo 9, 2012
A tax originally imposed by the British government to fight global warming is being viewed in the English-speaking Caribbean as a penalty against long-haul air travelers — and regional tourism officials are furious about it.
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