The St. Kitts Tourism Authority wishes to advise all taxi and tour bus operators who are not ‘ Travel Approved’ that you are not identified as essential workers under the SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS No. 25 of Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 2) Regulations, 2021.
Published 27 June, 2021 Basseterre Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
ATTORNEY GENERAL, HON. VINCENT BYRON JR
BORDERS WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING 24-HOUR LOCKDOWN IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 26, 2021 (SKNIS): The borders of St. Kitts and Nevis will remain open over the next two weeks to facilitate the arrival and departure of commercial travellers including nationals who are returning home.
Attorney General, the Honourable Vincent Byron Jr, shared the information on Saturday (June 26, 2021), during a live interactive engagement on ZIZ Radio and Television. The engagement addressed questions and comments following last evening’s announcement of a 24-hour lockdown by Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris. The 24-hour lockdown is exclusive to St. Kitts and forms part of new restrictive measures for the period June 27 to July 11, to curb the community transmission of COVID-19.
Basseterre, St. Kitts (June 24th, 2021) – St. Kitts was featured in a story on the Boston Magazine website titled 5 Reasons Why St. Kitts Is the Hidden Gem of the Caribbean. Penned in partnership with the team at Boston Magazine, the feature outlines five enticing reasons for visiting St. Kitts, from its rich history to its picturesque beaches.
This partnership is part of a strategic plan to raise brand awareness within our source markets in order to support the ongoing hotel promotions while simultaneously building demand for travel in 2021. Boston is one of our top 4 source markets in the U.S. and is currently a primary feeder market for the American Airlines flight out of Miami and Charlotte as well as the Delta flight out of Atlanta.
Boston Magazine reaches 1.9M unique visitors on its website every month. The story has also been shared on the publication’s Facebook page which boasts over 134,000 followers. Readers of the magazine have expressed their excitement with one person on Facebook even proclaiming that they “Love St. Kitts, it’s my favorite island.”
TRAVEL ADVISORY EXTENDED FOR TRAVELLERS FROM BRAZIL, THE UNITED KINGDOM, SOUTH AFRICA & INDIA
The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis – through the National Covid-19 Task Force – hereby advises that the travel advisory originally issued on February 7, 2021 and extended several times, has been further extended for an additional 14 days, and became effective as of June 12, 2021. This advisory is intended for travellers from Brazil, the United Kingdom (UK), South Africa and India.