AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoGST-free shopping surge: Belize saw nearly 1,760 cross-border shoppers on Aug. 15 as families headed to Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala for the first 2026 back-to-school GST-free day, with about 4,900 passenger movements recorded at the western border over Aug. 15–16; the next (and last) GST-free shopping day is Aug. 29. Tourism awards call: The Belize Tourism Board has opened nominations for the 2026 National Tourism Awards (11 categories), with submissions due Sept. 4 and the ceremony set for November. Belize in the spotlight (screen tourism): Lifetime’s survival thriller The Ocean Between Them—shot in Belize—will premiere Sept. 26, featuring Rebecca Gayheart and her daughter Georgia Dane as a mother-daughter duo searching after a Belize vacation goes wrong. Wildlife safety: The Forest Department is urging locals and tourists to stop feeding crocodiles after close encounters, including in Caye Caulker. Road safety: Police detained a pickup driver after a fatal Billy White, Cayo crash involving a motorcycle and bicycle, and separate reports mourn a police officer killed in a traffic collision near Biscayne.
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