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Tourism Development Conference…LCDS can promote sustainable environmental policies
– President Ramotar
The 13th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-13) continued yesterday, under the theme “Keeping the Right Balance: Sustaining Our Resources” and a reception was hosted last evening for delegates and media representatives at State House.
Regional and international tourism specialists, Ministers of Government, as well as developmental experts from the cultural, environmental and academic spheres and the local communities joined President Donald Ramotar, to share their experiences and offer solutions to the problems in the development of sustainable tourism.
President Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar pose with several regional and international tourism specialists at State House last evening.
President Ramotar asserted that Government has reaffirmed its commitment to building a vibrant Caribbean community and to the deepening of the integration process. He stressed that tourism is an important economic sector which is pivotal to economic growth in regional economies and their livelihoods.
Adding that Guyana’s biodiversity and ecosystems form the foundation of the regional industry, Ramotar said this sector must be protected, and through effective environmental stewardship, the tourism sector will be developed.
“Our Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) seeks to find the right balance for economic prosperity and the maintenance of sound environmental practices. I urge all of you to make our low carbon development strategy an object of study, since I believe it offers a model that can be adapted to the economies of the region by promotion of sustainable environmental policies and leveraging our ecological assets for the development of tourism.”
According to Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, Hugh Riley, the public perception of sustainable tourism has changed for the better.
Riley explained that the travel industry is at the forefront of this change; tour operators and tourism enterprises of all sizes are embracing “green” strategies as part of their plans, and gradually becoming more conscious of how their business affects the communities in which they operate.
In turn, travellers too have become more sensitive to the idea of conservation, greater efficiency, and an abiding respect for the environment, and have begun to expect those ideals to be practiced in the destinations they choose to visit.
He noted, with this in mind, that this year’s conference has been aptly themed.
“Experts from within our region and farther afield will focus on how the Caribbean must strike this delicate balance between increasing the economic benefits of this powerful tourism industry and preserving our assets for generations to come.”
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