Tourism Minister Charles Max Fernandez has unveiled ambitious plans to propel Antigua and Barbuda’s tourism industry to new heights.
The minister declared that by the end of 2025, the country aims to add an impressive 1,000 new hotel rooms, attracting a staggering one billion US dollars in fresh investments.
During the parliamentary session, Minister Fernandez provided a breakdown of the substantial investments earmarked for several notable projects.
Among them, the Royalton Chic Jolly Beach expansion, with an investment of 30 million US dollars, is poised to enhance the luxury offerings in the region.
Additionally, the Royalton Chic project, with an investment of 100 million US dollars, is expected to contribute significantly to the tourism landscape.
Other notable projects in the pipeline include the Hermitage Bay Hotel expansion, set to receive a 15 million US dollar investment, and the extravagant Nikki Beach resort with an impressive budget of 250 million US dollars.
The Carile Bay expansion, a venture worth 100 million US dollars, and the Maran Marot Yapton project, also with a 100 million US dollar investment, further underscore the government’s commitment to boosting the nation’s tourism sector.
A highlight of the investment portfolio is the Rosewood Hotels, a well-established brand synonymous with luxury accommodations.
While specific details about the Rosewood project were not disclosed in the minister’s address, its inclusion in the list of investments signals a significant addition to Antigua and Barbuda’s hospitality offerings.
The tourism minister expressed confidence that these strategic investments would not only elevate the nation’s profile as a premier travel destination but also create numerous job opportunities for the local population.
The influx of visitors, coupled with the allure of new and upgraded accommodations, is expected to stimulate economic growth and foster sustainable development in the twin-island nation.
He urged stakeholders to work together to ensure the successful implementation of these projects, fostering an environment that will make Antigua and Barbuda a global tourism hotspot.
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well done, a 100 new all inclusive rooms. So lots of short term construction jobs, followed by lots of housekeeping jobs.
All inclusive hotels exclude the possibility of local bars and restaurants becoming viable. Sad to see a government denying the population the opportunity to progress
I’ll believe it when I see it. This is all we can do for tourism? More rooms? What do we have to offer them when they get here? The historic ARG lies in ruins; the Sir Viv Cricket stadium is on disrepair. Antigua is way behind most other islands in tourism and I can see why.
Is this all we’re good for? Maids, housekeepers, gardeners?
This is the same delusional Max who was expecting cruise ships in November of 2020 when the world was under lock down except Antigua and Barbuda.
Every time I drive along factory road I always wondered why taxi buses with tourists will stop I front of Police Recreation Grounds. It was only today that it dawned on me that what they are showing them is the picture of the national heroes. With that said and having looked closely hasn’t it dawned on those in authority the bad state the canvas and photos are in having been exposed to the elements. It is a crying shame to see this yet me boast about tourism. Well at the rate of deterioration and knowing how this jokey government operates soon it will be a straight ride up factory road.
No one can deny that this Minister is working not even chalkie! Keep going sir!!!
How stupid to sit there with a smile to say 1000 more hotel rooms, meaning more wealth extraction from our nation with us earning low wage where you will live to work and not work to live, so you will always remain in poverty as slavery has bequeath upon us black people. And the government will have a hand in undermining the education system to create the school dropout to maintain those hotel room menial jobs of scrubbing floors, so when you hear they refuse to pay teachers properly so there is shortage of some subject area teachers and run down school plant its by design, some of the aide we get from these white countries you wonder where is the improvement for such? But it’s a pay off to maintain the system of neocolinial agenda of white empowerment and we as hewer of wood and water to maintain white monopoly capital. I cry for the future pressure that will be put on the education system to neglect our children to create that desired effect of partially educated generation for that hotel work.
We don’t need no more damn hotel rooms. What we need is the Antigua Brewery back, the US Embassy utilizing our local talent for exports and even a factory.
@John Public, so well said. Antigua imports almost every damm thing and all we can do is open hotels. Chet Green is destroying agriculture and Max and the DAWG want more hotels.
I heard that the Japanese are interested in our sea island cotton; we have an abundance of fruits wasting yearly; our farmers brought in an egg box making machine which was huffed by the government.
We’re not interested in that, to reduce importation, just build more hotels
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