[Fwd: [CAST] CARIBBEAN: Regional Ministers of Tourism Meet in St. Kitts]

"Jayne Musumba (by way of Potter at Island Resources)" wrote:
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> Regional Ministers of Tourism Meet in St. Kitts
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> May 23, 2000
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> BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - Tourism Ministers from around the region
> are expected to meet in St. Kitts next week, at the invitation of
> their local counterpart Dwyer Astaphan. "There is a noticeable
> trend towards multiple destination vacationing", said Astaphan,
> "and as a small country competing on the world tourism market,
> our actions and imminent success will be more impactful if we
> approach this initiative jointly with our regional colleagues,
> rather than trying to get this done on our own." "It follows that
> our best individual and collective interests will be served by
> synergy as we seek tourism growth and the development of our
> peoples, and our failure to take this path would have calamitous
> consequences," the minister said.
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> According to Astaphan, Ministers of Tourism from St. Lucia,
> Grenada, St. Eustatius, Saba and the British Virgin Islands, have
> already indicated to him, a willingness to attend the conference
> in St. Kitts.
>
> The idea to host a Meeting of Tourism Ministers, came about while
> Astaphan dined with his regional counterparts at a
> Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association conference held in Puerto
> Rico earlier this year.
>
> Out of the upcoming high level meeting, Minister Astaphan says he
> expects a plan of action for concrete, realistic and manageable
> strategies to be developed. "We are facing many opportunities and
> unusual and unfair challenges in Caribbean tourism today," he
> said, "and I canít help but believe that our chances for survival
> are greatly increased if we move forward together."
>
> The two-day meeting is scheduled to take place from May 29 and 30
> at Jack Tar Village, Frigate Bay.
>
> SOURCE: St. Vincent Herald
>
Received on Fri May 26 09:01:52 2000