{"id":270433,"date":"2021-07-08T16:56:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T20:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=270433"},"modified":"2021-07-08T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T20:56:29","slug":"denise-charles-new-protocols-are-a-step-towards-full-reopening-of-tourism-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/denise-charles-new-protocols-are-a-step-towards-full-reopening-of-tourism-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Denise Charles: new protocols are a step towards full reopening of tourism sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_270435\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270435\" style=\"width: 1433px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-270435 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Denise-Charles-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1433\" height=\"965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Denise-Charles-1.jpg 1433w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Denise-Charles-1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Denise-Charles-1-642x432.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Denise-Charles-1-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Denise-Charles-1-640x431.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1433px) 100vw, 1433px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-270435\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denise Charles Minister for Tourism, Transport and Maritime initiatives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tourism Minister, Denise Charles has said the new Covid-19 protocols will allow Dominica to ease towards full reopening of its tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>The new protocols officially came into effect on Wednesday 7th July 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, Dominica has reached a comfortable balance between tourism and health as vaccinated travelers will no longer have to quarantine once medically cleared at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in tune with the many persons whose livelihood depends on tourism and these new protocols will allow us to ease towards full reopening and certainly make our visitors more relaxed and safe in our nature,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Charles indicated that the Safe In Nature (SiN) managing experience has been the main mechanism through which tourism has been able to survive and slowly rebound during this Pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>However, she indicated that these advances have not been without challenges.<\/p>\n<p>She revealed that Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) is preparing to launch an exciting new campaign \u2018My Dominica Bucket\u2019s List\u2019 and a \u2018Nature Island Fitness Challenge\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Charles stated that the government continues to look for new access opportunities which facilitate direct or one stop routes to Dominica, \u201cand we share in the progress of our fellow island nations as they are able to progress from high risk classification to low risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeaning, no quarantine,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>Charles mentioned the critical hubs for access to major source markets, Antigua and Barbados have been able to do so in recent times and we applaud their effort in that regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Antigua and Barbados are now in the low risk category,\u201d she indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Charles went on to say that Caribbean Airlines had recently announced direct flights to Trinidad to Dominica and resumption of the Dominica\/Barbados New York route from July 17th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tourism Minister, Denise Charles has said the new Covid-19 protocols will allow Dominica to ease towards full reopening of its tourism sector. 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