The Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) functions are to promote, assist and facilitate the efficient development of tourism; to design and implement suitable marketing strategies for the effective promotion of the tourism industry; to make provision for adequate and suitable air and sea passenger transport services to and from Barbados; to encourage the establishment of amenities and facilities necessary for the proper enjoyment of Barbados as a tourist destination; to carry out market intelligence in order to inform the needs of the tourism industry.
Our vision sees Barbados elevated to the top of its capacity as a globally competitive, warm weather destination, with tourism sustainably enhancing the quality of life of visitors and Barbadians together.
Our mission is to develop and apply exceptional marketing capabilities in the process of telling the authentic brand story of Destination Barbados. It further calls for us to galvanize all partners to elevate Barbados’ tourism to new heights; while doing so in a fiscally prudent and sustainable manner.
Our focus in carrying out our mission will be on highly targeted marketing efforts guided by sound market intelligence, research and cutting edge marketing tools. This will enable us to deploy effective and efficient marketing initiatives with a concentration on the utilization of digital marketing.
We will achieve our mission by employing and developing the talents of our staff while ensuring that they are all fully cognizant and compliant with our policies and practices so as to empower them to operate freely, expeditiously, and in the best interest of destination Barbados; our Government shareholder; our visitors and the wider community.