Introduction
As countries around the world begin to re-open their borders following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) is sending signals that Barbados is open for business as one of the major tourist destinations in the Caribbean.
Stabroek News was invited by the BTA to explore and experience for five days a post-Covid Barbados as a major tourist destination. The BTA package comprises two major tourism components – nature tourism, which includes trail hiking through woods, underwater exploration and snorkeling, and cultural tourism (experiencing the cultural heritage through the history and settlement of Barbados). The following is our reporter’s account of that experience.