And while this morning was definitely exciting for the tourism industry - many of whom had financially flatlined during the pandemic - caution cannot be thrown to the wind while chasing that dollar.
With a new variant in the country, the COVID protocols must still be maintained. But will tourists - especially those living in areas where masks and social distancing are not enforced - pay heed to local regulations? We asked the Minister of Home Affairs how they plan to police the pleasure-seeking tourists.
Hon. Kareem Musa, Minister of Home Affairs
"As you know we do have tourism police officers and they are of course informing tourists as they come off the ship - I am sure they are prepared on the ship of what our regulations are, but in the event of them are nor wearing their mask properly of course the tourism officers will advise them to do so and so it's something new that we are actually having cruise ships come back in a time of a pandemic, very exciting if you ask me so see so many people back at work, but we have to be safe and so that is why we have to police it at the same time, but we are going to learn as we go along how to deal with this pandemic."
