Tourism Expert Notes Importance of Industry to Caribbean Regions Growth
Laptop Battery Caribbean countries are aware of the need for and importance of an effective regional tourism policy framework as the basis for a sustainable tourism product, an international tourism planning and product development expert has said.
The Caribbean is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands and surrounding coasts. The 7000 islands and cays of the Caribbean are over 2500 miles long but none more than 160 miles wide at any given point. European history is reflected in many of these islands, not only by language but also by architecture and culture. Blessed with trade winds, beautiful beaches and crystal clear waters, tourism is the main industry.
Thinkpad There is a need to consider tourism as an important instrument for regional development and in order to achieve this we must be aware of the mechanisms that are available, Luis Chaves, the Sustainable Tourism Development Adviser to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), said.
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Microsoft It is important to know how to develop systems for intersectoral and integrated planning to ensure that tourism realises its fullest potential and, for this reason, we need to have strong and coherent policies and to look at best practices in countries that have been successful in implementing such programmes, he added.
Parle noted the event was being hosted by Puerto Rico for the first time and the new tourism administration in place was excited about hosting media and tourism officials from the region and North America. "Puerto Rico is very keen on fostering closer relations with the other Caribbean islands, " Parle said.
Laptop Computers Mr. Chaves is one of four consultants assigned to the CTO as part of the Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development programme (CRSTDP), an eight million euro programme funded by the European Union (EU).
Speaking at the event, Ignacio Perez, Regional Director for Sandals Resorts in the Eastern Caribbean, called for tourism to play a more active role in the schools curriculum. If tourism is going to develop a sustainable base, the story of its vital importance must be told in schools. Tourism is backbone of St Lucias economy. At Sandals, we believe that young people must be given every opportunity to understand the value of tourism to the country and the role they can play in its development.
Laptop Computer He has more than 20 years international experience and exposure in the travel and tourism industry in the areas of sustainable tourism planning and product development, human resource development and training and small enterprise development, among others.
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Desktop Computer He will make a presentation entitled, Policy Making and Integration as Key Starting points for Sustainable Tourism Intersectoral Planning, at the first working session of the Seventh Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-7), which takes place in Tobago from April 26 29, 2005.
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