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Restructuring of Fort George Tourism Zone aims to improve guest experience Belize City, Monday, 8th October, 2018: The Belize Tourism Board, in collaboration with the Belize City Council and other key industry stakeholders, have embarked on a project to restructure the Fort Gorge Tourism Zone (FGTZ). The objectives of restructuring the FGTZ are to improve guest

Belize Celebrates First-Ever Nonstop Flights from Minneapolis/St. Paul via Sun Country Airlines New route from MSP Airport marks the 10th U.S. city to offer nonstop service to the country of Belize BELIZE CITY, Belize, Sept. 5, 2018 — The Belize Tourism Board is celebrating a new partnership with Sun Country Airlines, which today announced the

 The BTB donates kitchen equipment and food items to schools & N.G.O’s in  Belize City Belize City, Tuesday, Aug 28th, 2018: Belize’s tourism is unique and diverse. Its excellent cuisine is among many of its special features. As part of its support to our school education sector and our community, the BTB recently donated stoves,

Aeromexico announces new flight to Belize Belize City, Monday, 13th August, 2018:   Aeromexico, Mexico’s global airline, today announced the start of a seasonal twice a week nonstop flight to Belize starting on November 17th to April 28th making it the first major Mexican commercial airline to offer such service to the country of Belize. Aeromexico’s

The BTB and BHA award Scholarships to Ten Belizean Students  Belize City, Wednesday, Aug 8th, 2018: Ten Belizean students received scholarship awards from the Belize Tourism Board (BTB) and the Belize Hotel Association (BHA) this morning during a joint award ceremony held at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel. This year’s BTB scholarship recipients include Leanna Duncan,

BTB LAUNCHES THE BELIZEAN TRAVELLER CAMPAIGN Belize City, Wednesday, Aug 1st, 2018:   The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is encouraging Belizeans to be a traveller in their own country during the entire month of August as part of its Belizean Traveller Campaign. And to make the invite more enticing it is offering over $25,000 in prizes

BTB presents the winners of Taste of Belize 2018 Belize City, Monday, 23rd July, 2018:   An impressive display of Belizean culinary ingenuity and mixology took place over the weekend as part of this year’s Taste of Belize, the BTB’s signature culinary competition. The event was held on Saturday, July 21st at the Ramada Belize City

Tourism arrivals to Belize continue on upward trend Belize City, Wednesday, 11th July 2018: The latest statistics for the middle of 2018 shows that tourism arrivals to Belize continue to register groundbreaking levels and moving on a steady upward trend. Overnight tourism arrivals in June registered double digit increases for the past three consecutive years

Tour Guide Licensing Advisory Please be advised that all Tour Guide Licenses expire on July 31, 2018.  Applications for renewal are now being accepted at BTB’s Belize City and San Pedro Offices.   Tour Guides are asked to apply early in order to have a new and valid license, before the current license expires. Requirements