The Mobility Digest: What Visa Free Travel Means For The Caribbean

Sourced Information: Caribbean News Service 

​LONDON, Jan 27 2017 – A comprehensive document has recently been compiled by a leading legal advisory service that details the number of changes that have taken place with regards to visa changes on a global scale, during 2016.

The past year has seen the global media eclipsed with political decisions such as Brexit and the newly appointed American president, and while we are all anticipating the outcome of these decisions for global movement and trading relationships; it has often meant that local changes have not received the attention that they perhaps warrant.

CS Global Partners undertook the mammoth task of creating The Mobility Digest, a clear and concise Whitepaper that includes the changes to visa agreements that involve the islands of the Caribbean.

A number of visa-free policies have been implemented over the past year, indicating that global relationships are forming between individual nations; and highlighting that the status of international communities are improving.

For instance, last September St Kitts and Nevis and the Ukraine signed a mutual visa-free agreement for citizens wishing to visit their nations for a period of up to 90 days. In addition to this, as of September 2016, any foreign national intent on carrying out business or tourist activities and holding a visa with at least six months’ validity to Canada, the United Kingdom, or the United States could visit the islands for six months visa-free.

It is a well-known fact that tourism is vital to the Caribbean region and it can be seen from other countries, that the introduction of visa-free travel has a legacy of increasing tourism flow, contributing to the economy, employment and local development. The Governments of the Caribbean nations have made it clear that while they welcome a boost in tourism and foreign investment, their focus on sustainable tourism remains. There is a strong emphasis on using local people, local produce and facilities that protect the resources and eco-systems of the islands.

With its vibrant and culturally diverse offerings, the Caribbean has long been an attractive and popular destination for individual’s all over the world, and the prospect of visa-free travel is that that has an incredibly positive future.

You can view the full document here: Mobility Digest: 12 Month of Changes at Your Fingertips.