Regional Knowledge & Skills Audit

At the time of writing this report, tourism in the Caribbean may be described as being at a crossroads as it attempts to address changing needs and demands of internal and external stakeholders as well as adjust to the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. This report
highlights the challenges created by these changes and the many opportunities that may be leveraged by tourism employers.

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Caribbean Tourism Institute

The CTO has partnered with the Canadian firm Velsoft Training Materials Inc. for the development, promotion and offer of tourism and hospitality eLearning courses/programmes and educational technologies through an online platform called the Caribbean Tourism Institute.

Tourism Recovery Dashboard

The CTO has built a Tourism Recovery Dashboard with key information from Caribbean countries such as COVID-19 measures to support tourism and travel, destinations statistics, number of cases and deaths per week. Information includes reopening details where applicable, pre-arrival requirements, on arrival requirements, quarantine rules and rules for positive tests.

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Digital Tourism Toolkit

The CTO and the George Washington University (GWU), through its Master of Tourism and MBA students, developed a Digital Toolkit for Tourism.

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Tourism Recovery Dashboard Template

The CTO and the George Washington University (GWU), through its Master of Tourism and MBA students, developed a Tourism Recovery Dashboard Template which can be used for reporting.

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The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), is the region’s tourism development agency, with 25 Dutch, English and French country members and a myriad of private sector allied members. The CTO’s vision is to position the Caribbean as the most desirable, year round, warm weather destination. Its purpose is Leading Sustainable Tourism – One Sea, One Voice, One Caribbean.

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Dec 2022: For the period January to October, nine destinations reported international tourist arrivals. Each destination saw growth, ranging from an increase of 55.2% in the Dominican Republic to a nine-fold rise in Trinidad & Tobago.

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Caribbean destinations received an estimated 32.0 million international tourist arrivals in 2019. The region has maintained its 2.2% share of global arrivals from the previous year as destinations impacted during the 2017 hurricane season continued to recover.

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Destinations

Explore the beauty of the CTO’s destination members. From delicious cuisine to astonishing natural landscapes; from hiking, strolling the beaches, rafting, sailing and diving – there’s lots to do and see in the Caribbean. Find your adventure!

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COVID-19

Access country protocols for travel and updates from CTO member countries and CARPHA on the state of COVID-19 in the region; resources from UNWTO, ILO, WHO, IATA and CTO podcasts with various industry leaders about how destinations can recover.

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Allied membership is a high-value partnership that gives members a variety of benefits, including access to innovative research and tourism data, networking and knowledge-sharing events and a powerful array of services. Joining is easy and membership is valid for one year.

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Tourism Research Resources

View publications from various agencies including the UNWTO, World Bank, CDB and Commonwealth Secretariat as well as links to various international tourism and tourism related agencies.

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