Topic: Cayman Craft Market

The Cayman Craft Market which sells local spices, snacks, jams, woodcarvings, jewellery and hats to visiting holidaymakers might be relocated for the second time in just a few years if plans to expand the Parliament site go ahead.

The prolonged closure of the Cayman Craft Market negatively affects the promotion of local culture, according to former manager Jean-Eric Smith, who added that if the facility is not reopened soon, he feared the recovery of Cayman’s tourism product could be further hampered.

Vendors at the Cayman Craft market can now show off their knowledge of things Caymanian after receiving their PRIDE training certificates. The training was part of a “number of changes being implemented by the Tourism Attraction Board to ensure the preservation and promotion of local arts and traditions.