Hon Finance Minister, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit anticipates a booming tourism industry based on budgetary allocations for the upcoming fiscal year.
The Hon Prime Minister hinted his Government’s plans to continue to put measures in place to ensure more vigorous promotion of Dominica as a prime tourist destination.
At a town hall meeting in Soufriere on Monday, May 23rd Prime Minister Skerrit spoke of some of these measures which will be announced in his next budget address.
“From a wider tourism standpoint, you will see an increase in the marketing budget for Dominica; an increase for the promotion of the World Creole Music Festival; a substantial amount of money from the Economic Citizenship Programme will be set aside and placed at the AID Bank to unlend to existing hotel plans to upgrade rooms, restaurants, pools and ensure a competitive level.”
He continued, “They will receive an interest rate that I can say they can find nowhere else in the world.”
The Dominica leader says his recent letter to LIAT has prompted the airline to increase flights to Dominica and that Government has plans to liaise with other airlines to improve air access to the island.
