Antigua and Barbuda to Target South American Tourism Market
St. John's.- Antigua and Barbuda tourism authorities are fixing their eyes on the South American tourism market and for that purpose they are improving the infrastructure at the V.C. Bird International Airport. Once the expansion works are finished, they will launch a campaign to sell the destination in that region.
In announcing the commencement of construction operations, Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Harold Lovell said the facility would be in conditions to meet the expected demand. "We will aim at the Spanish and Portuguese language countries like Brazil. There is tremendous potential there. This will all add to the pressure on the airport and thus the need for refurbishment and expansion", he said.
Additional check-in booths and 500 more seats are part of the expansion plans. However, Lovell disclosed projects to build a new terminal building in 2009.
Construction plans are also encouraged by the recent news that Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Tourism and its public relations agency, Ypartnership, received a Gold Adrian Award in recognition of a travel article featured in the Washington Post newspaper under the title Intimate Caribbean. The so called Oscar of tourism publicity went to Ypartnership and the Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Tourism for boasting the creation and implementation of a successful travel and tourism public relations campaign that presented the country as an untouched Caribbean paradise, according to Derede Samuel-Whitlock, Director of Tourism in the U.S.
In announcing the commencement of construction operations, Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Harold Lovell said the facility would be in conditions to meet the expected demand. "We will aim at the Spanish and Portuguese language countries like Brazil. There is tremendous potential there. This will all add to the pressure on the airport and thus the need for refurbishment and expansion", he said.
Additional check-in booths and 500 more seats are part of the expansion plans. However, Lovell disclosed projects to build a new terminal building in 2009.
Construction plans are also encouraged by the recent news that Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Tourism and its public relations agency, Ypartnership, received a Gold Adrian Award in recognition of a travel article featured in the Washington Post newspaper under the title Intimate Caribbean. The so called Oscar of tourism publicity went to Ypartnership and the Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Tourism for boasting the creation and implementation of a successful travel and tourism public relations campaign that presented the country as an untouched Caribbean paradise, according to Derede Samuel-Whitlock, Director of Tourism in the U.S.