European downturn, airport tax, crime plague Barbados tourism industry
April 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
February 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
May 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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