Belize Travel in Remote Areas

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

This an older article (May 18th I believe) but is an important bit of information for people who will be using Belize tours.

Today the Belize Tourism Industry Association, the Belize Hotel Association, the Belize National Tour Operators Association and the Belize National Tour Guides Association issued a joint press release asking their members to stop taking tourists to the remote areas in both protected areas. The move has come on the heels of a travel advisory by the U.S. State Department of Travel warning Americans of "the potential of banditry in the Caracol, Augustine and Chiquibul road areas." The B.T.I.A.'s Marketing and Information Officer, Kurt Clare, maintains that the association's intent is to protect Belizean businesses and their guests.