‘Overhaul’ pending for tourism’s BEST plan
Article by March 11, 2021
The scheme put in place to help tourism business maintain jobs and upgrade their facilities will now undergo periodic reviews, tourism officials said Wednesday.
But the officials remained tight-lipped about the changes that are on the horizon for the aid programme, known as the Barbados Employment and Sustainable Transformation (BEST).
Chairman of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) Geoffrey Roach said the overall proposed changes to the BEST plan were “still a work in progress” since they were yet to be presented to Parliament for approval.
But he revealed that “one of the things we have been able to obtain within the programme is a review period”.
Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment Marsha Caddle today highlighted the critical activities and commitments of Government that are driving the Estimates, as the
Appropriation Bill 2021 was laid in Parliament this evening.
The Minister explained: “As was the case pre-COVID, but is even more so now since COVIDhas been with us, Government’s first commitment in its expenditure, alongside public health, is to the social safety net and making sure people are able to survive. The allocations you will see therefore continue to strengthen support to the work of the Welfare Department, Child Care Board, Household Survival Programme and other key agencies responsible for people’s well-being, and for helping those who have been most impacted by the COVID crisis.”
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