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Why Open Now?
posted (June 25, 2020)

And, as the PM said, there's no perfect time to re-open in the present global climate. But many would argue, that with the US facing a major spike in cases across 20 states - now is the worst time.

The Prime Minister explained that - apart from the nosedive in Belize's economy - there were also other external factors that forced the re-opening:

Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow - Prime Minister of Belize
"I hear you that if we it appeared to be particularly dangerous to do so at this time, when you don't expect, we don't expect a huge flow, why don't we wait until November? Well two things, number one, we want to send a signal, optics are important as well, remember that American Airlines is saying, if you don't go for August 18th, we don't know when you'll be able to go with us, we might suspend flights to Belize indefinitely, so there's that. Also, just the fact that indeed, we are not going to be expecting an overflow, a bum rush of tourists because it is a slow season, because there are still the global travel advisories, isn't the best time to go, so that we can as we are proceeding, perfect the system, see where we are, start to model in terms of what handles even with this trickle, which I think it will be and then prepare for when indeed, we start getting a robust flow, so that we will be in a better position to deal with that."

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