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CARIB JOURNAL: What if a tourist could travel across the Caribbean on a single visa?<\/p>

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That\u2019s the idea of Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, who says the implementation of a regional tourist visa regime among CARICOM nations has \u201chuge economic potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA regional visa regime is something that we\u2019ve been talking about. I think if we are to build Caribbean tourism, then we must recognize that as individual states, we are too small to grow and to benefit from the recovery of tourism as it now stands, but together as a region, we can grow and we can benefit,\u201d Bartlett says. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATS APP GROUP FOR MORE UPDATES<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>

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That would create the potential for a malt-destination tourism network, Bartlett says.<\/p>

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More importantly, it would create a single common airspace, where airlines flying to the Caribbean would pay one fee.<\/p>\n

The idea would be that a traveler could clear customs in Jamaica and then be \u201cdomestic\u201d across the countries of the Caribbean Community, from Barbados to Antigua to Trinidad.<\/p>

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\u201cIt will bring more airlines into our space because the turnaround time for the aircraft will be significantly reduced as a result. More rotations could be had, and thus more visitors can come in,\u201d Bartlett says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other element of importance is that it also provides a new skill set to be developed in the Caribbean area. What tourism will be doing is now saying we\u2019re not just people who have bartenders, cooks and housekeepers, but we are into technology, aviation, logistics and procurement,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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It\u2019s not completely without precedent.<\/p>

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Indeed, for the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, CARICOM treated the nine host countries (and Dominica) and a single domestic space tor travelers for nearly three months.<\/p>\n

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