With the buzz surrounding today’s sick out by the CSA, the Turks & Caicos Tourist Board has also weighed in on the affects by issuing the following statement:
The Tourist Board recognizes and supports the rights of civil servants and government workers to engage in industrial action, it must point out that when such action, grounds flights on our airports and causes international carriers to cancel their service to our islands, the Board is seriously concerned about the adverse effects this can have on our tourism industry.
The inconvenience caused to our guests could shake their confidence in Brand TCI and prove counter-productive to the health and growth of tourism in our islands. Additionally, disruptions in the tourism sector cost the Tourist Board, our private sector partners and government significant sums to restore the destination’s image in the market place.
The Tourist Board therefore urges caution from all involved and dialogue between the parties concerned to bring a speedy end to the current state of affairs for the sake of our tourism industry.
The Tourist Board would like to reassure our valued guests and would-be visitors that the Turks and Caicos Islands remain a great vacation destination, a great place in which to do business and home to friendly people all waiting to embrace you.
The following was a release sent to RTC News today by the Tourist Board on the sick out that left some parts of the country crippled.
