InterCaribbean makes inaugural flight tomorrow
ON SUNDAY (MARCH 12, 2023) INTERCARIBBEAN AIRWAYS LTD, A TURKS AND CAICOS-BASED AIRLINE WILL MAKE ITS INAUGURAL FLIGHT to the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts.
Tourism, International Transport and Civil Aviation Minister, Marsha Henderson speaking in the National Assembly earlier this week, expressed optimism that InterCaribbean Airways will boost intra-regional travel and will affect the second-largest source market of St. Kitts and Nevis in a positive way.
“With the introduction of this flight, we are hopeful that we will see an increase in visitors to the destination from the region,” Henderson said.
She noted the establishment of this new route will help enhance Basseterre’s tourism industry. She declared that it’s very timely considering that the Federation will be hosting of the 25th edition of the St Kitts Music Festival.
“The Government is committed to tourism and the initiatives that drive the tourism industry. So with the introduction of InterCaribbean, we intend to…market heavily in the region and have our regional brothers and sisters come to enjoy this historic anniversary of Music Festival 25,” she said.
In 2019, just before the outbreak of the contagious, deadly, outbreak of global Corona Virus, “we would have ended the year with 163,657 stayover visitors,” Henderson said.
In 2022, after the restrictions were lifted between August and December, there were 100,178 visitors, indicative of work being done by the aggressive campaign the St. Kitts Tourism Authority launched called ‘Venture Deeper’.
