January 6, 2014 -- Late last week, the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) named the Caribbean, and, specifically, Antigua & Barbuda one of it's ten destinations to watch 2014. In it, the ABTA also noted it's "cautious optimism" for the 2014 tourism season.
According to the report on UK tourists, "nearly one in five (19%) consumers anticipate they will spend more on holidays next year." The report also notes that there is "renewed interest in Caribbean resorts" among British tourists.
"To hear that many British tourists plan to spend more and have a renewed interest in Caribbean resorts is encouraging," noted Tourism Minister John Maginley. "It's also encouraging to see a new airline, Thomas Cook, serving Antigua out of a new UK destination, Manchester. The airline is capable of bringing over 300 British tourists a week."
Maginley continued, "The fact that we've also attracted the BEACHES resort which will add 400 new BEACHES rooms to our hotel stock and create thousands of jobs is a vote of confidence in the future of our tourism economy."
"While I know that we certainly have to continue to work hard to create more jobs and opportunity for all people, this honour from the British Travel Agents and their words about British consumer spending is encouraging," concluded the Minister.
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