Jaime Cabal, chairman of the Colombian Hotel Association (COTELCO is the acronym in Spanish) presented the national government with a tourism bill and a plan aimed at beefing up the sector with a 20-million-dollar shot in the arm.During the guild’s yearly meeting held in Medellin, Mr. Cabal stated the country’s hotel front is convinced a new entrepreneurial legislation is required since the one currently in force is shortsighted and does not meet the association’s needs and expectations.
Economy - Development projectsKingston._ Counterpart International has been invited to take the lead in developing tourism, culture and environmental aspects of five Mundo Mayan nations of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, PositiveTourism.Com reported.
Cancun._ As Cancun’s territorial urban and commercial reserve is just five years away from nearing depletion, the main challenge will be the purveying of basic infrastructure for the Isla Mujeres-Tulum corridor, an area that will count on over 110,000 hotel rooms, 1.7 million inhabitants and an 11-million-tourist inflow by the year 2025, the Novedades de Cancun daily newspaper reported.In the face of this perspective, the federal dependence –in charge of boosting the tourist development of Mexico’s major vacationing centers and with a boastful Cancun as the “jewel of the crown”- is coping with the challenge of becoming economically self-sufficient in order to cease its exclusive dependence on federal resources.
Nassau._ With Caribbean tourism continuing to experience the devastating effects of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is putting together an exciting and stimulating program aimed at improving the region’s competitiveness and visitor arrival numbers to be looked up during 25th Annual Caribbean Tourism Conference (CTC-25), Oct. 28-31, 2002.The CTO and the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism are preparing to welcome over 1,000 delegates to the CTC-25, taking place at Our Lucaya Beach and Golf Resort, Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas. The theme of the event is “Reinventing Caribbean Tourism.”
Miami._ Cruise company Carnival has warned travel agents to oppose actions conducted by rival firm Royal Caribbean through a lobbying group aimed at blocking its bid to purchase British tourist vessel line P&O Princess Cruises.
Havana._ The search for flexible customs tariffs and regulations, coupled with other alternatives, are some of the actions the Association of Caribbean States (ACE) is currently taking to further transportation in the area, an element that has been wielded time and again as a snag to the region’s trade development.