{"id":259941,"date":"2020-12-08T13:19:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=259941"},"modified":"2020-12-08T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:19:08","slug":"dominica-to-reopen-its-yachting-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/dominica-to-reopen-its-yachting-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominica to reopen its yachting sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_130630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-130630\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-130630\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yachts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yachts.jpg 553w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yachts-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-130630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yachts anchored in Dominican waters. Photo credit: caribya.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dominica plans to reopen its yachting sector, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0That sector has been closed for some time due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe recognize that we had not taken a decision on yachting and the reopening of the yachting sub-sector and we are hoping that we can take a decision on this coming week where we will allow yachts to call on Dominica in an organized fashion with all of the necessary protocol,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said his government will be relying heavily on friends in Portsmouth especially the Portsmouth Association of Yachting Services (PAYS) to assist and to ensure that everyone adheres to the protocols put in place, \u201cto protect you, your families and of course protect those persons who are coming into Dominica.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister said a meeting is expected to be held with PAYS and the Ministry of Tourism who will have a discussion on how the government can go about reopening that sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd I am hoping that we can have this announcement of a date immediately after the meeting,\u201d Skerrit stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said he looks forward to this arrangement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In October 2015, the government of Dominica said it will place focus on the yachting sector, since it is believed that sector has potential for economic growth in Dominica.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yachting is one of the sectors that will allow persons to come to Dominica and enjoy all of the beauty and culture the country has to offer, tourism officials say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former\u00a0Tourism Minister Robert Tonge, said yachting is an important sector because when yacht visitors come to the island they tend to spend more time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He mentioned that a study was done to show the potential opportunities of the sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are to do our best to utilize this, especially as it relates to community tourism\u2026that is a great opportunity for us to showcase what we have to offer,\u201d Tonge said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominica plans to reopen its yachting sector, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced. \u00a0That sector has been closed for some time due to COVID-19. \u201cWe recognize that we had not taken a decision on yachting and the reopening of the&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":130630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,11,235,9,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy-development","category-general","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-tourism-publicity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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