A Brief History of Tourism in Belize

-Geoffrey de Sibert

May 7th, 2012

During the post-World War II “de-colonialization” period, British Honduras faced two obstacles to independence: British reluctance until the early 1960s to allow for citizens to govern themselves, and Guatemala’s complete intransigence over its long standing claim to everyone in your territory (Guatemala had repeatedly threatened to make usage of force to adopt the over British Honduras). Talks between Guatemala and British Honduras started and stopped abruptly usually in the late 1960s and early 1970s. By 1975, the Belizean and British governments, frustrated at dealing with the military-dominated regimes in Guatemala, agreed on a new strategy that would take the case for self-determination to various international forums. Finally, in November 1980, with Guatemala completely isolated, the UN passed a resolution that demanded the independence of Belize, which came to Belize on September 21, 1981…