Passing Through Customs Is Easy In The Caribbean

By: Jennifer Smith

With so many souvenirs to bring home, it’s no wonder Caribbean travelers are often curious about passing through customs. The question many travelers ask is how to bring these purchased items back into their home country. With a little knowledge, and the right paperwork, passing through customs can be easier than you think.

Each Caribbean island is different, so you’ll find plenty of variations in the laws you’ll find throughout the region. Each island will also have its own popular native goods as well. Knowing which items are permitted to be brought out of the country and which are not will protect you from additional fees or lost goods.

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Tourism Week To Help Nevis Business

CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 29, 2007)
Premier and Minister of Tourism on Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry said that knowledge of the opportunities available to small businesses and the invaluable role they play in the tourism industry  will be the focus of activities surrounding Tourism Week 2007. The event is organised by the Ministry of Tourism under the theme “Tourism is Our Business”.
 
In a televised address to herald the start of Tourism Week 2007, Mr. Parry said that the week which will end on February 3rd, would seek to emphasise greater awareness of Nevis’ tourism product and would reflect the value attached by the Nevis Reformation Party led Nevis Island Administration (NIA) to partnerships among various sectors of the economy.

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Nevis – Saint Kitts – Amateur Radio (HAM)

     The St. Kitts Nevis Amateur Radio Society was founded on April 12th 1973 . This Society has remained committed to regional development and and integration since its inception. A few years ago, the Society, under President Al Elmes Esq. developed a Disaster and Emergency Operations SOP [Standard Operating Procedures] document, that is still fine tuned annually. Today that document is part of the training manual for regional emergency and disaster operations and management workshops. It is also the template of choice for many independent SOPs.

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Top 10 Romantic Escapes – Nevis In At #5

According to the travel experts at Sherman’s Travel, they’ve just compiled a list of the ten most romantic places to escape. Good thing with Valentine’s Day just around the corner! The list includes the following. 1. Buenos Aires 2. Bora …

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Caribbean Tourism Seeks To Quell Fears About Caricom Visa

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) is joining the region in seeking to quiet fears that the Special Caricom Visa will have severe consequences on the region’s tourism industry. The CTO, in a statement issued yesterday, revealed that a number of special initiatives are to go in place to facilitate ease of travel from territories where travellers must have the Caricom Visa to enter the single domestic space that was created as a result of the region’s hosting of the ICC Cricket World Cup.

“Because travel and tourism are so important to the economy of the Caribbean, officials will put an extraordinary number of initiatives in place to facilitate the issuance of visas to those visitors that have been affected,” the CTO stated. It pointed to one of those initiatives as a special Web site, www.caricomimpacs.org “for the application of visas including answers to frequently asked questions.” A 24 hour hotline has also been set up to address concerns and a three-day turn-around for requests for visas after receipt of complete applications in a processing centre has been introduced, the CTO explained.

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