Travel

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 15, 2019 (SKNIS): Mexico has deepened its relations with St. Kitts and Nevis by offering special arrangements to nationals travelling to the Latin American country.A communique from the Embassy of Mexico in Castries, Saint Lucia, stated that nationals from Saint Kitts and Nevis travelling to Mexico for tourism, business or in transit to another destination, do not require a Mexican visa as long as they have a valid visa or permanent residency of the following countries: Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, or countries comprising the Schengen area. Persons outside of this grouping will require a visa to enter Mexico.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 8, 2019 (SKNIS): Citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis, who have not yet changed their passports without the written place of birth field are urgently asked to do so to avoid problems with immigration at ports of entry as those passports were deactivated in 2017 and are presently deemed illegal to travel with.

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS’ ROLE IS FAR REACHING, SAYS SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 08, 2019 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ extensive role mandates successful execution of the St. Kitts and Nevis’ Foreign Policy, according to Michael Penny, Senior Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while appearing on Wednesday’s (August 07) edition of “Working for You.”

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS RANKS THIRD HIGHEST CRUISE PASSENGER SPEND IN CARIBBEAN 

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 21, 2019 (SKNIS): Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Lindsay Grant has stated that St. Kitts and Nevis ranks the third highest cruise passenger spend in the Caribbean and is planning to use its marquee port status designation from the cruise lines to increase arrivals, and more importantly boost passenger spend on the island.

During his remarks at the 2019 Tourism Experience Awards held at the Royal St. Kitts Hotel on May 18, Minister Grant stated that preliminary figures and findings from the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Breaux Study on the economic impact of cruise tourism from 2017 to 2018 cruise passenger arrivals increased significantly from the 2014 to 2015 study –up by nearly half.