PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill and fellow Caribbean tourism ministers were in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to participate in the International Seminar: Multi-destination Opportunities for Regional Integration from May 19 to 22, 2015 as well as the 58th United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for the Americas.
During the meeting, representatives of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the Cuban Tourism Minister examined ways to enhance collaboration with countries in the region such as Cuba and discuss ways to foster Caribbean tourism through regional cooperation.
Both the Commission meeting and the international seminar were jointly organized by the Haitian Government and the UNWTO.
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (right), listens intently to a point being made by Cuba’s Minister of Tourism, Manuel Marrero, (left), as they discuss ways to foster Caribbean tourism through regional cooperation. (At centre is the conference interpreter.)Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), raises an important point as he moderates a panel discussion on ‘The importance of Tourism routes as part of regional cooperation agreements’. Listening keenly are members of the panel (from l-r) Vice Minister of Tourism for Colombia, Sandra Howard; Minister of Tourism, Paraguay, Marcela Bacigalupo; Deputy Director, Guatemala Tourism Institute (INGUAT), Maru Acevedo and Deputy Regional Director for the Americas, United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Alejandro Varela. The panel discussion formed part of the International Seminar on Multi-destination Opportunities for Regional Integration held from May 19 to 22, 2015.
