FCCA chairman Adam Goldstein, president and COO, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., gave the endorsement to Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett during a private meeting between presidents and CEOs of FCCA member lines and ministers of tourism this week in Mérida, Mexico.
During the meeting the group also discussed strategies to drive year-round traffic to the region, the creation of more employment opportunities and the development of strategic partnerships.
Bartlett welcomed the endorsement which, he noted, strengthens the expected impact the conference will have on the development of tourism across the globe.
'This event will perhaps be the single most important conference in our country’s history. This endorsement by FCCA strengthens our efforts to coordinate an international road map which will foster collaborative relationships for more inclusive economic and social development of countries across the world via tourism,' Bartlett said.
In his capacity as chairman of the newly formed Caribbean Tourism Recovery Group Secretariat and coordinator of the UNWTO Disaster Recovery Working Group for the Affected States in the Caribbean, the minister used the opportunity to share his intentions to create a tourism rehabilitation plan for Caribbean islands devastated by recent hurricanes at the upcoming conference.
'Caribbean states are very dependent on tourism to sustain their economies. So, with the assistance of the UNWTO, CHTA (Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association), CTO (Caribbean Tourism Organization) and WTTC (World Travel and Tourism Council), as well as ministers of the region, we are working on creating a strategy to strengthen the sector’s resilience to the effects of climate change and natural disasters, thus making it more sustainable. We will unveil this plan of action during our upcoming UNWTO global conference in Montego Bay in November,' Bartlett said.
The UNWTO, Government of Jamaica, World Bank Group and Inter-American Development Bank Global Conference on Jobs and Inclusive Growth: Partnerships for Sustainable Tourism will be held Nov. 27-29 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, and is expected to attract hundreds of international and local participants.
The event will bring together world leaders in tourism along with governments, donors and international development and finance organizations to design and coordinate an international road map and foster collaborative relationships for inclusive economic and social development via tourism.
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