Many Americans are eager to use their passports and travel to places like the Caribbean again after nearly a year of lockdowns. With this, many Caribbean countries are working on keeping their citizens safe, while keeping the tourism industry afloat on which many of their local economies rely on. Applying rapid arrival and departure testing, approved hotels and tourism offerings are all part of the...
Traveling to Belize this Fall Vіѕіtоrѕ muѕt bооk wіth а hоtеl аррrоvеd undеr thе Тоurіѕm Gоld Ѕtаndаrd Rесоgnіtіоn Рrоgrаm, lіѕtеd аt thе Веlіzе Тоurіѕm Воаrd wеbѕіtе. Vіѕіtоrѕ wіll nееd tо hаvе dоwnlоаdеd thе Веlіzе Неаlth Арр аt lеаѕt thrее dауѕ bеfоrе bоаrdіng а fіght, whісh саn bе uѕеd fоr...
A Perspective from Belize: The Wildly Unpredicted Success, in the first 60 Days of the COVID Crisis I have spent the last 60 days experiencing this worldwide crisis in the tiny Central American/Caribbean country of Belize, where I moved six years ago. Before that, I was living in the US, working in the field of psychology, and I moved here to pursue my dream of living in the tropics, thus changing the...
Belize’s charm is hard to put into words, but the best description might include the phrase “rustic paradise.” This is a barefoot nirvana, where you can hitch a ride on a skiff with a local fisherman for a day, then walk into a restaurant and have them cook your catch for you. You can climb Maya ruins without a guardrail in sight, or swim with whale sharks in Caribbean waters. You can see and touch...
by Laura Diffendal 
Belize is so small, and realistically, it changes pretty slowly all things considered – but it is amazing how many new little places crop up all the time. Thankfully, at this time, they are almost exclusively mom-and-pop places like the history of Belize has always had (I can only think of Losers and Hilton’s Mahogany Bay as chains that have opened in the country recently – yes there is talk of more...
We get a lot of the same questions from people coming to Belize, either for a vacation or to check it out as a potential place to move. I find that I send the same links over and over, so I thought I’d put them all in one place! What to Pack: Basics An even more comprehensive guide The most comprehensive FAQ list you will find about questions you didn’t know you had: More geared to...
by Laura Diffendal 
by LIVit Belize