And from future workers in the tourism sector to the here and now where, the Ministry of Tourism today donated two vehicles, one to the Tourism Police Unit and another to the Institute of Archaeology.
According to the Minister of Home Affairs, the vehicle will be utilized to help keep cruise tourists safe while they are in Belize. And he told us that the BPD will be getting more much needed vehicles to add to their dilapidated fleet.
Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs
"The tourism industry is our largest industry earner as a country. It accounts for about 40% of our GDP and so we have to keep our tourism product valuable at all times and our tourism police unit is a specialized unit that is tasked with that very important job of securing the tourists whenever they visit our shores and so today we're extremely grateful to the Ministry of Tourism, the Minister, Honorable Anthony Mahler for this very kind donation of a vehicle for the Tourism Police Unit which will be utilized on the streets of Belize City for the cruise passengers that visit our shores every week."
"This is only one and we do expect to see more shortly, we had a donation of motorcycles and bicycles the other day and so it's continuously we're getting donations and we are investing as a police department in 20 more vehicles, some of which will be utilized by the TPU as well in the coming months. There was a tender late last year but as the minister mentioned there are sourcing issues with motor vehicle, all the manufacturers are having difficulty sourcing the vehicles but we should be getting five of the twenty this week."
