NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism (BMOT) has fully activated its Emergency Coordinating Committee at the British Colonial Hilton in preparation for Hurricane Joaquin.
The committee represents a cross-section of the Ministry of Tourism that includes senior management and other officers who will monitor the storm's movements.
BMOT's crisis management team is liaising with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA), Nassau Airport Development Company, the Port Authority and other relevant authorities.
"We are monitoring and disseminating information as soon as we get it and we are making sure that our islands in the south have pertinent information and similarly that they are passing the information to us so we can ensure that at all times contact and communication is taking place," Director General in the Ministry of Tourism Joy Jibrilu said.
"What we have ascertained just how many visitors we have in The Bahamas. Nassauvians are sometimes Nassau-centric. We have to go from down south all the way up the chain like Ragged Island, Crooked Island all the way up to Grand Bahama and so we have a head count of all the visitors in The Bahamas."

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