President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), Verla de Peiza feels Barbadian taxpayers should get their money back after the job done by the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) in relaunching the island s tourism product. Her comments come after it trended on social media over the weeked that BTMI s
Barbados Today May 24, 2021
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Monday charged that the island’s tourism officials spent thousands on the new tourism theme:
Little Island, Big Barbados saying it has already been used by several countries. The DLP charges that it is a significant blunder and taxpayers deserve a return of the substantial funds spent on the initiative.
Below is the full DLP statement:
Give us back our money
Barbados taxpayers were appalled to learn last week that this country paid approximately three-quarters of a million dollars for a tourism promotion tag line that other countries already use.
It is alleged that we forked out approximately US $375,000 (BDS$750,000) for the tag line “Little Island, Big Barbados”.