Over the past few weeks, the list of popular Caribbean cruise ports given the CDC’s dreaded Level 4 designation has ballooned. It’s an understatement to say that cruise lines and Caribbean nations share a common interest in navigating the murky waters of the Covid pandemic together. The North American cruise market is dominated by the easily accessible Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda. “Caribbean destinations and cruise lines started working together in summer 2020 to develop a universal set of guidelines for resumption of cruise travel across the Caribbean, Mexico and the Americas,” says a Royal Caribbean spokesperson. When the CDC issues a “Do Not Travel” travel health notice, cruise lines have several tools in their toolboxes, says Chris Gray Faust, managing editor at CruiseCritic.com, a Tripadvisor-owned cruise review site.

Source: Forbes September 17, 2021 14:03 UTC