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Vote! Turks and Caicos Islands Nominated for 8 World Travel Awards

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Experience Turks and Caicos is pleased to announce that the Turks and Caicos Islands has once again been nominated in multiple categories in the World Travel Awards. The nominations for the 2024 Awards are in the following categories:

  • Caribbean’s Leading Beach Destination
  • Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Destination
  • Caribbean’s Leading Destination
  • Caribbean’s Leading Dive Destination
  • Caribbean’s Leading Honeymoon Destination
  • Caribbean’s Leading Luxury Island Destination
  • Caribbean’s Leading Tourist Board
  • Caribbean’s Most Romantic Destination

Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Josephine Connolly said she is very pleased that the Turks and Caicos Islands have once again been nominated for several World Travel Awards. “The Turks and Caicos Islands stand as an unparalleled jewel in the Caribbean and these eight nominations testify to that. We won the Caribbean’s Leading Beach Destination and the Most Romantic Destination Awards in 2023 and I am certain we can not only retain those accolades but also emerge as winners in the other categories. I urge everyone to spread the word about our nominations and vote, vote, vote,” she said.

The Turks and Caicos Islands has won the Caribbean’s Leading Beach Destination every single year since 2015 and our world-renowned Grace Bay Beach captured the Best Beach Award from 2012 to 2014. The destination has celebrated wins as the Caribbean’s Most Romantic Destination for five consecutive years.

Voting is now open and runs until April 7th, 2024. To vote, please register at https://www.worldtravelawards.com/vote. Please note that a standard vote carries a weighting of one while votes cast by verified travel professionals carry a weighting of two.

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Jamaican gets multi-million dollar grant to enhance resilience 

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Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

Jamaica got a 3 million US dollar grant from humanitarian charity organisation Direct Relief, as part of its mission to strengthen resilience in the Caribbean region. This is also an effort to enhance Healthcare systems and infrastructure throughout Jamaica in preparation for natural disasters as the organization renews its ongoing partnership with the island. This was announced by Direct Relief in an article on May 1.

 

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Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana sign security agreement 

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Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

To enhance and strengthen security in the Guiana Shield, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana on Monday April 29, signed a security common master plan following a meeting in George Town, as announced By President of Guyana Irfaan Ali on Facebook. Ali expressed that the agreement will hopefully enhance collaborations and relations between Suriname and French Guiana.

 

 

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Grenada Prime Minister says there needs to be greater focus on coral health in the region’s universities. 

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Rashaed Esson

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The Prime Minister of Grenada, Dickon Mitchell, at the 2024 Sustainable Tourism Conference on April 22, expressed that Caribbean universities should be leading researchers for coral restoration as he addressed the importance of corals to the region’s capacity for tourism sustainability amid climate change

Regarding this, he called for more funding to encourage universities to create more marine experts, given the region’s vulnerability to climate change effects.

 

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