tourism
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CARIFORUM countries need development finance for tourism
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The critical importance of tourism to the Caribbean Region coupled with the sector’s vulnerability to the negative impacts of major global crises necessitated that the Region intensified its quest for development finance to support the industry. This view was expressed by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Secretary-General (ag) at the opening of the Annual Caribbean…
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Positive prospects for Tourism by 2020
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Predictions by World Travel and Tourism Council suggest that by 2021, the direct contribution of travel and tourism to Caribbean Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be 16.4bn Euros. The Council also predicted that the sector’s wider economic impact on the Region will be 50.83 billion Euros and its total contribution to employment is projected…
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REGIONAL TOURISM BRAND CRUCIAL TO OFFSET DIMINUTION FROM GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS – CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The development of a Regional Tourism Brand is critical to lessen the impacts of the global economic downturn on the Region’s tourism sector, said the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency, Edwin Carrington. He was speaking at his annual End-of-Year media briefing, last week, via video conference from the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat,…
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TOURISM ON AGENDA AT HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Tourism, Agriculture, Services, Free Movement of Skills within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) are among the major agenda items in the Economic Development cluster of the upcoming Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The Conference will…
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SPECIAL COTED TO DISCUSS TOURISM, TRANSPORTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will be held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 18 September 2008, to discuss Tourism and Transportation/Civil Aviation. The Twenty-Eighth Special COTED will be convened to fulfill a mandate given by the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community…
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TOURISM HEADS THE BILL AT 29th MEETING OF CARICOM LEADERS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty–Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) opens in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on Tuesday 1, July 2008, with an agenda replete with critical issues. CARICOM Heads of Government will meet at the Jolly Beach Resort from 2-4 July following the opening ceremony on the…
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TOURISM HIGH ON CARICOM AGENDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Deeper levels of functional cooperation in tourism, re-branding of the Region’s tourism product to reflect its diversity, and Transportation, will be prime areas of focus when Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in a special session devoted to Tourism during the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in…
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SAINT LUCIAN TOURISM MINISTER GIVES THUMBS UP FOR CARICOM VISA POLICY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean countries hosting Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 are duty bound to ensure that measures are in place to safeguard nationals and visitors alike, hence the enactment of measures that go beyond national concerns. This was underscored by Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia, Senator Allan Chastenet when he addressed European…
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CARICOM AND ITALY TO DEEPEN COOPERATION IN TECHNOLOGY & TOURISM.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has received the assurances of the Government of Italy's representative in the Region that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are among the areas in which Italy is interested in increased cooperation with CARICOM. While giving this commitment to the Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Mr. Edwin Carrington on Monday (July12), Italy's Plenipotentiary Representative to CARICOM, His…
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PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CARICOM TOURISM SUMMIT, 8-9 DECEMBER 2001, THE BAHAMAS
Caribbean governments have agreed to implement an aggressive advertising programme to get tourism, the main foreign exchange earner for a number of countries, back on track following the decline in arrivals after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. This was a major decision emerging from the Summit on Tourism held at Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, The Bahamas…
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