THE OWNERS and Directors of 25 of the top travel companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and South America recently visited the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The travel professionals were invited to the TCI by officials from Grace Bay Resorts and were treated to a cocktail dinner on Grace Bay beach earlier this week.
Chief Operating Officer for the Grace Bay Resorts, Nikheel Advani, explained that this was the first event of its kind in the TCI.
He said: “It is the first time that 25 of them have come all together to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
“They have hundreds of thousands of travel agents and travel advisors that actually sell this island [Providenciales].
“Over the years they have become very fond of this ‘Beautiful by Nature’ Turks and Caicos.”
The trip also served as an educational opportunity, where students had a chance to showcase the outer islands of the TCI, added Mr Advani.
“Hon Ralph Highs [Minister of Tourism] and the Director of Tourism, Ramone Andrews’ focus has been the outer islands.
“We wanted to take them to the outer islands, so we took them on a boat. We went to Little Water Cay, we went to Half Moon and we brought students from all the different islands to make presentations and show pictures of their island.
“Everyone was really excited to know that besides Providenciales, there is so much more to see
“It really opened their eyes and next time they come back they are going to advise their guests or visitors about the outer islands,” he said.
One travel agent, Delores Diaz said that she was impressed with the pristine beaches and the beautiful coastline.
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