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For Health or for Wellness
- February 1, 2024
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No CommentsFor Health or for Wellness… Belize is wellness. There is no doubt that ours is a country that can be very healing. But what is “wellness”? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines wellness as “a positive state of health and quality of life that is influenced by social, economic, and environmental factors”. The concept is -
Our City by the Sea
- January 25, 2024
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Our City by the Sea Do you ever wonder what the Old Capital must look like to visitors? What do they think about when they see Belize City for the first time? The city has a mix of modern buildings and old colonial houses tossed together across a landscape that includes palm trees, mangroves, canals, -
Women- A Tourism Majority
- May 17, 2023
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Women- A Tourism Majority T ourism empowers women and mothers. In 2019, the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Global Report on Women in Tourism, highlighted that the sector contributes to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (5) on gender equality and women’s empowerment. The key findings from the report concluded that i) the majority, or -
A Seriously Fun Industry
- May 10, 2023
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Playing it by Air W ho is a tourist? The dictionary defines a tourist as “one that makes a tour for pleasure or culture”. Some synonyms for the word are “excursionist” or “traveler”. The Belize Tourism Board’s (BTB) yearly Travel & Tourism Digest defines a “tourist” as a visitor or an overnight visitor if his/her -
Playing it by Air
- May 3, 2023
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Playing it by Air N inety Percent (90%) of the people who visit Belize arrive by air-travel and disembark at the Philip Goldson International Airport (PGIA). Perhaps this is not surprising considering that flying is a lot faster and more convenient than traveling by boat or vehicle. Commercial air-travel has been around for approximately 100 -
B.O.O.M., Boom, Boom!
- April 26, 2023
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B.O.O.M., Boom, Boom! T ravelers want to be cultured. We are not referring to how they refine their taste, manners, art history, or education. But, we are talking about experiences that they believe will improve their understanding and appreciation for other people and other ways of living. Recent tourism trends indicate that people looking to -
An Ancient Investment
- April 19, 2023
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An Ancient Investment W e climb their temples, stroll their palaces, and speculate at their ball courts, but how much do we really know about the ancient Maya who lived in Belize? What happened to the ancient cities that surround us? Not all of our Maya archeological sites have been excavated or entirely studied. We -
Stay Calm & Adventure On
- April 12, 2023
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Stay Calm & Adventure On B elize’s tourism product is an adventure’s paradise. We are a low-impact, high-quality destination with notable eco-friendly and sustainable development ethos. But what does that mean? Where are the adventures and what are the adventures? The adventures are everywhere, and they are for everyone. There are adventures on land and -
Let’s Talk Civic Pride with Dr. Villanueva
- February 2, 2023
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Let’s Talk Civic Pride with Dr. Villanueva We revisit and discuss the subject of civic pride every September. The nation’s birthday always sparks up national oratory examinations of where the country is socially and developmentally. It is true that every year Belize gets older, we consider our history, we celebrate our journey as a country, -
The Ball in Madrid
- January 26, 2023
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The Ball in Madrid There are trade shows and then there is FITUR. The name stands for Feria Internacional de Turismo, which in English translates to International Tourism Trade Fair. It is the leading trade fair for inbound and outbound markets in Latin- America. Tourism professionals congregate at FITUR because it is the global meeting