The Belize Tourism Board (BTB), in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism, Youth, Sports activities & Diaspora Relations, has unveiled the Nationwide Tourism Safety Technique 2025–2030, a landmark five-year plan aimed toward safeguarding the nation’s thriving tourism business.
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The technique establishes a coordinated nationwide framework to mitigate dangers, defend Belize’s tourism product, and strengthen customer confidence throughout each city facilities and distant locations.
“This technique displays Belize’s dedication to delivering a protected, safe and world-class tourism expertise,” mentioned Anthony Mahler, Minister of Tourism, Youth, Sports activities & Diaspora Relations. “It brings collectively safety forces, authorities businesses, business stakeholders and our communities in a single unified effort to guard what we’ve got constructed and put together for the long run.”
Key targets of the plan embody:
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Increasing the Tourism Police Unit (TPU) by 60% over 5 years
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Formalizing a multi-agency Tourism Security Discussion board for oversight and joint decision-making
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Deploying cellular enforcement groups in tourism corridors and high-risk zones
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Upgrading infrastructure with enhanced lighting, surveillance, and communications at key websites
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Mandating catastrophe and emergency contingency plans for all tourism operators
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Strengthening coaching and capacity-building throughout the tourism safety ecosystem
“Our imaginative and prescient is evident,” mentioned Evan Tillett, Director of Tourism. “Belize will present a protected and safe customer expertise that fuels financial development, protects our cultural and environmental property, and builds worldwide confidence in our vacation spot.”
