Caribbean Tourism Group (CTO) Chairman Kenneth Bryan highlights the upcoming second World Tourism Resilience Convention in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from February 16 to 17, as a pivotal second for regional and international tourism collaboration.
Bryan, who’s Minister of Tourism and Ports of the Cayman Islands, is about to have interaction with UN Tourism Secretary-Normal Zurab Pololikashvili and regional ministerial and personal sector colleagues to debate enhanced collaboration and the sharing of finest practices and alternatives between the CTO, UN Tourism and Caribbean and worldwide tourism counterparts.
With the Caribbean’s socioeconomic improvement deeply depending on tourism, Bryan is targeted on leveraging the convention to additional unify the Caribbean in bolstering its resilience in opposition to unpredictable occasions.
“This convention embodies our collective dedication to each foresee and adapt to the trade’s challenges. Coming collectively as one Caribbean enhances our capability to face up to any adversity,” Bryan remarked.
He prolonged congratulations to Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett for his or her pioneering roles in orchestrating the important occasion, geared toward advancing necessary conversations throughout the sector. The convention, co-organized by Jamaica’s Ministry of Tourism and the World Tourism Resilience and Disaster Administration Centre (GTRCMC), is anticipated to be a big assembly of minds, with panel discussions, networking periods, and shows designed to spur conversations on constructing tourism resilience.
Aligning with World Tourism Resilience Day on February 17, proclaimed by the United Nations Normal Meeting, the convention seeks to focus on the necessity for resilient tourism improvement methods. It calls on Member States to craft nationwide restoration methods post-disruptions, stressing the significance of public-private partnerships and diversification in tourism choices.
Bryan underscored the facility of unity, stating, “Our collective imaginative and prescient for a resilient Caribbean, able to overcoming nature’s unpredictability and different challenges, unites us. This convention marks a step towards realizing that imaginative and prescient, addressing our vulnerabilities whereas showcasing our restoration and thriving capabilities.”
CTO Secretary-Normal and CEO Dona Regis-Prosper, who together with the chairman will handle the assembly, asserted that the CTO’s collaboration with UN Tourism, regional governments, and trade stakeholders to advertise a sustainable, resilient, and thriving Caribbean tourism trade is crucial.
“Our discussions in Jamaica will underscore Chairman Bryan’s continued requires collective motion and strategic partnerships in safeguarding our area’s tourism sector in opposition to the backdrop of worldwide challenges. It’s via our unified efforts that we will obtain a extra resilient, various, and sustainable tourism future,” she said.
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