New standards and regulations are coming to the tourism sector to support both large and small properties.Minister of Tourism and International Transport Senator Lisa Cummins, who made the disclosure, said legislation is also on the cards to encourage sustainable development tourism on the island.Speaking at the grand opening for Bayside Bistro and Nautilus Ocean Suites on Bay Street, St Michael, on Saturday evening, Cummins said: “In the coming weeks and in the coming months, we will be working with all of you to develop new standards and new regulations to be able to support properties like this.“We have already begun in collaboration with the Barbados Tourism Product Authority, and we have been working also with the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association [so] that properties just like Nautilus Ocean Suites and this amazing bistro have the opportunity to have access to . . . financing and capital to be able to benefit from innovation, digitalisation and, of course, renovations because new properties are always required on the market.”
