A week ago, we told you about the newly mounted Belize Sign at the Seashore Children's Park in Buttonwood Bay.
It's the brainchild of attorney Estevan Perrera who lives in the area, and it was officially recognized by the Belize City Council – and, for that matter, Soca artist Machel Montano who did his pose at the site. Well now, the BTB has decided to give it's endorsement of the sign, and today, the Minister of Tourism held a ceremony with Perrera.
Now, he didn't get up on it like Machel but he told us that one of the reasons for embracing it is that the sign is in the official BTB colors:
Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr. - Minister of Tourism
"Today we are here to witness the unveiling of this beautiful sign that showcases our beautiful Belize. If you see the colours it well reflect the logo
of BTB and BTB is an institution of tourism but this park is a little different. This is about the children, a park that once used more by the adults
for other activities. Today it is well lit and you can see the children enjoying, not only the swings but also the sign where you can see them
climbing. On the other side of the tourism industry, it is being used as a Belize City tour. Many of the cruise passengers will pass over here and will
take pictures in front of the sign and I believe a lot of it is owed to Steve Perrera's initiative and the neighbours around."
Heredia says that other seaside municipalities should consider mounting signs of their own.
7 News for September 24th, 2014 from 7News Belize on Vimeo.
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