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Following nearly a decade under a pro-tourism government that supported a now-scuttled plan to build a multi-million dollar cruise ship terminal, Cayman Islands residents in April elected a new premier, Wayne Panton, to succeed Alden Mclaughlin in the British Overseas Territory.
Panton in turn named Kenneth Bryan the country’s new tourism and transport minister, ending the long tenure of Moses Kirkconnell, among the region’s most respected leaders in the role.
While the Cayman Islands has achieved significant tourism growth in the last decade, Cayman is among many Caribbean nations challenged to sustain its land-based and cruise ship tourism following the pandemic’s unprecedented challenges.
TravelPulse talked with Bryan this past week to gauge his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities the territory faces as it reopens to international tourism.
