Yesterday, we reported on Aaron Chandler, 23, getting into trouble with and detained by Grand Cayman police for kissing his boyfriend. Well, it seems that Chandler got the apology he deserved, in a written letter of apology from Director of Tourism Pilar Bush.

Ms. Bush responded on Friday to a letter of complaint written by Mr. Chandler on Thursday, the day after the incident took place at the Royal Palms.

“On behalf of the entire Department of Tourism, I apologise for your upsetting experience and want to assure you that the Cayman Islands is a welcoming jurisdiction to all people,” Ms. Bush wrote to Mr. Chandler. “What happened to you was an isolated incident, and is not representative of Cayman. We know that thousands of gay and lesbian visitors travel to the Cayman Islands every year and enjoy their vacation.”

“I should say that, yes, her prompt decision did ease the anger for me a bit,” Mr. Chandler said in an email written from back home in the United States.

“In addition, it’s just good business sense for Ms Bush to have apologised to me. The [Department] of Tourism surely doesn’t want to have someone leave the Cayman Islands not wanting to come back.”