The Cayman Islands has been named the Caribbean’s Leading Dive Destination at a private sector awards ceremony.
The accolade was given at the World Travel Awards, which is now in its 19th year and billed as ‘the travel industry Oscars’ by organisers. It’s voted on by travel agents worldwide and nominations are either from the World Travel Awards, self-nominations or previous winners.
Jane van der Bol, executive director of the Cayman Islands Tourism Association, said that given the diving options worldwide, it was critical that Cayman received honours.
“Divers take their dive experiences seriously. They spend a significant amount of money and time training to become a diver and then when they pay for a dive vacation, they want a varied, unique and incredible dive experience,” she said. “With Cayman’s DIVE365 programme of 365 dive sites in our three islands, we have a dive experience like no other for every diver. We deliver on this promise and the award confirms our product.”
Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush and Director of Tourism Shomari Scott travelled to the Turks & Caicos ceremony to receive the awards. “In these austere times, the tourism industry has had to make tough decisions, rethink the way we do business and work harder and smarter to ensure we provide our visitors with exceptional value,” Mr. Bush said.
"Receiving awards such as these positively validates those efforts, underscoring that our collective vision and strategy is on the right track. I wholeheartedly commend and applaud our tourism industry partners for their accomplishments on behalf of their organisations and the Cayman Islands tourism product”.
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