Barbados, with a population of just over a quarter of a million, is one of the most wired countries in the world, when it comes to Internet, telephone infrastructure and telecommunications. International Telecommunications Union (ITU) figures, in a 2007 report, put Internet usage in Barbados at a high 55 per thousand of population, ahead of
Barbados Seaport in Bridgetown The Barbados Seaport in Bridgetown is managed and operated by the Barbados Port Inc. (BPI), is endowed with one of the most modern and top-rated seaports in the Caribbean. Over the years, the Port of Bridgetown has won many prestigious titles: » Port of the Year (1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2004,
The Barbados Postal Service (BPS), with its headquarters at Cheapside in the capital, Bridgetown, is moving with the times, modernising its operations to meet changing demands. The service has come a long way from the day in 1851 when the local legislature, under Britain's Charles II, passed the Post Office Act. Besides linking over 90,000
Barbados Infrastructure References For more information on infrastructure in Barbados, please refer to the following list of web resources. Where websites are not available, contact information will be provided. » Barbados Transport Board Weymouth, Roebuck Street St. Michael Barbados, W.I. BB11083 Tel: +1 (246) 310-3672 Email: customerservice@transportboard.com Website: www.cehi.org.lc The Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI)
Barbados boasts some very sophisticated infrastructure for an island of a mere 166 square miles. With continuous developments in facilities, technology, transportation and communication, Barbados is well on the way to achieving its goal of developed nation status by 2025. Airports At a cost of more than 150 million dollars, the island's only airport,
One Sea, One Voice, One Caribbean The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is the Caribbean's regional tourism development agency. The CTO was established in 1989 and was set up with the aim of being an organized body to focus on the entire region of the Caribbean as a single destination entity. Now, with a membership of
Tourism in Barbados No matter what time of year, Barbados is without a doubt a tourist hot spot that caters to all travelling tastes and budgets. In fact, the tourism industry has now become the backbone of the Barbadian economy, and the island goes all out to make sure its visitors feel welcome and enjoy
Barbados still depends on sugar and rum as the two most important foreign exchange earners in the manufacturing sector. Overall, manufacturing lost some ground in 2008, as the island and its trading partners continued to be buffeted by the world economic slowdown. Barbados Central Bank figures put the sector's 2008 decline at 0.4%, following a
Barbados International Business Barbados has committed itself to further modernizing its international business and financial services sector, already a key contributor to the national economy. Prime Minister David Thompson says this is a key component on the way to fashioning Barbados into a First World economy. The way he envisions it, the plan will include
Barbados was among the Caribbean countries represented at the 1989 Grenada Summit which decided to establish the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The CSME was intended to help the countries better respond to the challenges and opportunities globalization presents. Thirteen countries including host Grenada signed the Grand Anse Declaration ushering in the CSME: --