“Americans are starting to travel again and that augers well for tourism” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Tourism-dependent countries like The Bahamas are beginning to see “green shoots” in the tourism sector due in large part to the vaccination uptake in the United States, a senior Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) executive noted yesterday. The multinational lender has […]
“Homeporting of cruise lines could help significantly in increasing the amount that cruise visitors spend in the country” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Homeporting of cruise lines in The Bahamas could significantly increase cruise passenger spend, according to an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) report that noted it takes 28 cruise visitors to equal the spend of one […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas has the highest on-time filing rates for value-added tax (VAT) in the region, a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study laying out key fiscal and financial reforms has revealed. In the book entitled “Economic Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean”, it was noted that in order to build resilience against external […]
