Caribbean cruise ship income world’s lowest, World Bank official says
The Caribbean earns less from cruise ships than any other part of the world and a new tax is needed to rebalance the books, a World Bank official has said.
Lilia Burunciuc, director for the Caribbean at the Washington DC-based World Bank, warned that the region’s tourism model was unsustainable and called for separate countries to band together to thrash out better deals.
“The Caribbean is the largest region for cruise ship tourism, but gets the least per passenger,” she said, adding, “This is because there is a race to the bottom, again, because the region is not acting as a region. For a more complete summary of the story, please see the below link:
Published on: Sep 19, 2025 07:53 AM