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Trinidad and Tobago Pitches Tourism in Bid to Diversify Economy
By Joshua Martinez
CJ Contributor
NEW YORK — “We need to get away from a boom and bust economy.”
When the Media is Bought, FATCA Real & Wealthy Tourism a Myth
By Alred C. Frett
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Haiti Gets $45 Million Tourism Development Grant From World Bank
By the Caribbean Journal staff
The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $45 million grant to develop tourism in Haiti.
Jr Tourism Min. envisions scope for youth in VI Tourism
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Youth, when properly trained, are capable of contributing much more than you might think to our society.” This is according to current Junior Minister of Tourism, Mr Bryan Leue.
“We Can Use Tourism to Reduce Poverty”
Caribbean Journal
That was one of the question discussed last week at the Small Island Developing States conference in the Bahamas, where Bahamian Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe called for a “paradigm economic shift” in the way regional countries view the link between tourism and poverty.
Haiti Tourism Ministry Signs Agreement With Mexican University
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Haiti’s Ministry of Tourism has signed an agreement with Mexico’s Anahuac University on academic, scientific and technological cooperation.
Virgin Islands taxis & tour guides: time to take the bad customer service bull by the horns
By Dickson Igwe
This enthusiastic conversationalist was engaged in banter with a friend and Englishman who happens to be one of those individuals with his fingers on the pulse beat of Virgin Islands tourism. This was the center of Road Town on Saturday afternoon, December 7, 2013.
This Week We Feature Young Professional Kesheem D. Hodge
By Cathy O. O. Richards
At the budding age of 23 years, our young professional Kesheem Deondre’ Hodge is exactly where he would have wanted to be and that is a place where he can expand his horizon as he positions himself to one day becoming the Director of Tourism of the Virgin Islands.
Premier Smith flip-flops on 'robust economy' usage
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith is now shying away from using the word ‘robust’ in describing the state of the economy of the Virgin Islands (VI).
UPDATE: Protest action awaiting police permission
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Organisers are currently awaiting feedback from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) with regard to whether they will receive permission to proceed with what has now evolved into a protest motorcade on issues related to the economy and current cruise pier development negotiations.
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