Caribbean Tourism Official Rails Against WHTI

While the Caribbean so far has fared well through the 2006 hurricane season, political winds are still blowing ill when it comes to the U.S. government’s decision regarding deadlines for the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Congress has extended a controversial WHTI deadline by 17 months, making June 1, 2009, the new deadline by which people traveling via land or sea from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico, and Canada must have a passport or other accepted document to enter, or re