Will the Caribbean ports be as lively as they once were?

[Greenhopster]

Will all the shops and business be back up and running this summer and fall. These ports took a terrible hit with no ships for many many months. How did the vendors survive? What to you think?

[neptuno]

Thanks for asking.  Until the US offers up its excess vacs, many of our Caribbean friends will still be careful not to engage with outsiders.  Developing nations still do not have adequate vac supply.

[deliver42]

The problem with the U.S. Virgin Island ports is the they want 100% vaccinated passengers only to debark.

[phillibl]

56 minutes ago, deliver42 said:

The problem with the U.S. Virgin Island ports is the they want 100% vaccinated passengers only to debark.

Doesn't seem like much of a problem 

[dexddd]

Last I heard Grand Cayman said they could care less about cruises but that was at least six months ago.

[jules815]

5 hours ago, deliver42 said:

The problem with the U.S. Virgin Island ports is the they want 100% vaccinated passengers only to debark.

Problem??

[Cruisernat]

 Barbados

Barbados welcomed the first commercial cruise in 15 months when the Celebrity Millennium sailed into the Port of Bridgetown early on June 7.

Vaccination

Barbados has administered at least 147,036 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 25.6% of the country’s population.

Barbados has administered at least 147,036 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming

Barbados has administered at least 147,036 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 25.6% of the country’s population.

 

person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 25.6% of the country’s population.

 

 

[cscurlock]

13 hours ago, deliver42 said:

The problem with the U.S. Virgin Island ports is the they want 100% vaccinated passengers only to debark.

What the problem with that?  If your vaccinated you can leave the ship.  Seems like a no brainer to me.