Jun 30, 2021
Hotel Rates Down; Food and Gas Up
The recent emphasis on discounts for Belizean “stay-cations” may be paying off, but prices for other goods and services are up. Today, the Statistical Institute of Belize released a number of figures and among them the Consumer Price Index for May 2021. The C.P.I. found that while Belizeans enjoyed cheaper hotel accommodations that month, the prices for fuel, food, cooking and personal care products were up. The study shows that Belizeans are spending, on average, ten percent more for transportation, close to a dollar more for pigtail, and up to thirty-one percent more for a single lime. Santa Elena and San Ignacio recorded the highest increase in prices.