Belize’s Tourism Safety Corridor Process Flow Guidelines
Cleared for Entry to Belize
1. Transfer to Gold Standard Hotel via approved transportation
a. Who enters the Safe Corridor?
i. All tourists will be provided with a welcome band that will allow them to continue into approved transportation.
b. Approved transportation includes:
i. Ground
1. Licensed Gold Standard Tour Operators (See decal here)
2. Vehicles from a Tourism Gold Standard and Safe Corridor hotel
ii. Air
1. Local airlines departing from Phillip Goldson International Airport
c. Departing ground transportation:
i. Approved drivers picking up guests must wait at designated area at airport, with Hotel sign displayed.
ii. Guests’ unique ID numbers (7-10 characters; may be alphanumeric) from the Health app must will be logged prior to departing the airport.
iii. Security will verify that each guest picked up, departs with a safe corridor band.
d. Departing air transportation from PGIA:
i. Guests will be picked up by local airline representative to exit arrival lounge and proceed to departure lounge for check-in.
ii. Local airline will log by flight number, all passengers’ names along with their Unique ID from the Health App.
iii. No stops will be made in Belize City
e. Departing municipal airports to hotel:
i. Refer to Departing ground transportation in 1b.
ii. Airline staff should only permit approved Gold Standard ground transportation to pick-up the guests wearing a Safe Corridor band.
2. Arrive at hotel for check-in
a. Validate that Safe Corridor welcome band is on wrist and log guest arrival
b. Proceed with check-in process
c. Log guests’ unique ID from the health App
Begin your Belize Vacation
3. Activities – Gold Standard Hotels are encouraged to promote a planned schedule of activities and tours to show the guests that they will get around and have a great Belizean experience while here. The only difference is that in order to protect the guest and the staff, the hotel is organizing and managing their movements.
a. Amenities and Entertainment
i. All accommodations within the Safe Corridor should provide amenities such as pool, kayaks, beach or nature activities to provide the guests with some local Belizean experience while on property
ii. Local activities such as drum lessons, chocolate making, and many more, can be arranged to be offered on property
iii. Program Manager should make arrangements for someone to manage the movement of guests and ensure that they remain on property when not on any organized tours
b. Dining
i. Guests can enjoy dining-in only at the restaurant of the Gold Standard accommodation at which they are staying
ii. Program Manager can arrange for guests to choose from local restaurants’ menu and have food delivered to the accommodation. Hotel must follow safety protocols for vendors and suppliers as per the Tourism Gold Standard protocols.
c. On tour
i. Approved Gold Standard Tour Operator picks up guests and logs unique ID number to go on tour.
ii. Accommodation logs guests departing and returning from tour
iii. Tours can only be conducted on an approved marine vessel or vehicle with Gold Standard decals, to pre-arranged Safe Corridor sites.
Departing Belize
4. Gold Standard hotel must transport guest directly to the Airport or Municipal Airstrip, or make arrangement with a Gold Standard Tour Operator for transportation.
i. Please revert to section 1 for approved transportation.
ii. Gold Standard Hotels must ensure that guests are handed over to airline
iii. Local Airlines must log name and Unique ID of guest for all flights
Enforcement
5. Breach of any phase
i. Report to TPU contacts listed HERE
ii. Anyone with a Safe Corridor welcome band seen or found outside of the Safe Corridor without a Gold Standard tour operator, must be reported to police immediately
iii. Penalty for breach exists for:
• Accommodations
• Guests
• Employees
For additional information, please feel to contact us at: licensing@belizetourismboard.org