St. Vincent and the Grenadines has eliminated the COVID-19 protocols for the upcoming 2022/23 cruise season, welcoming unvaccinated cruise passengers for the primary time in two years.
Making the announcement on the twenty eighth Florida Caribbean Cruise Affiliation (FCCA) Convention within the Dominican Republic this week, Tourism Minister Carlos James stated the choice to loosen up well being protocols for arriving cruise passengers adopted a interval of low infections globally and low COVID-19-related admissions to the island’s well being services.
Final cruise season, protocols had been applied corresponding to secure zones for vaccinated passengers.
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For the upcoming 2022/23 season, the vacation spot will swap these protocols with new relaxed well being tips.
“Because the island prepares itself to welcome new and returning cruise strains to its shores and with the island’s La Soufriere volcano now settled, the tourism minister reassured stakeholders and cruise trade executives that St. Vincent and the Grenadines is secure and free to discover through the 2022/23 cruise season,” stated a press release from the Ministry of Tourism.
“Despite the various challenges encountered within the final two cruise seasons, from a world well being pandemic to the eruption of our nation’s La Soufriere volcano, your strategic partnership allowed us to navigate these turbulent occasions.”
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