Representatives of Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile and Argentina took part in the First International Tourism Fair held this past weekend in the city of Riobamba in central Ecuador.
“This is a showcase of the handicraft, the natural and cultural wealth of the province of Chimborazo which is making a great contribution to the promotion of our country in its regional diversity,” said Doris Solis, Ecuador’s tourism minister.
The first Tourism Peru fair came to a close this weekend in Lima featuring the South American country’s 25 regions, the Peruvian Tourism Promotion Commission reported.
The event’s objective was to prod Peruvians to meet their own country by giving them hints about the nation’s tourist circuits, attractions and tourist services both in traditional routes and in new travel alternatives.
The Central American Parliamentary Tourism Commission (PARLACEN) summoned to attend the Sixth Forum of Tourism Integration and Development for Central America and the Dominican Republic where participants will assess such topics as health, terrorism and security.
Juana Paredes Frias, the commission chairwoman and PARLACEN representative for the Dominican Republic, explained the meeting will take place in Juan Dolio from August 27 to 29 this year.
Security and the future of cruises were two of the red hot issues broached Monday and Tuesday in a meeting of the Florida and Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) in Panama. Representatives from the destination countries of these huge deluxe vessels held closed-door talks with execs from the association’s eight cruise lines.
Mexico City will put on its best bib and tucker to host the 2003 World Tourism Expo (WTE) scheduled for September 24 to 27 with the attendance of representatives from as many as 30 countries from all continents.
This major meeting will gather all sectors from the world tourism, national, regional and local authorities, tourism offices, wholesalers and retailers, airlines, other transportation companies, hotel chains, entertainment centers, theme parks and other tourist service providers.
Delegations from 20 hemispheric countries that attended the 18th Inter American Congress on Tourism sponsored by the Organization of American States (OAS) held last week in Guatemala, committed themselves to reactivating the region’s tourist industry, a sector destined to become one of its top economic engines.
Representatives agreed that counting on adequate financial outlay and overall structure, tourism could play a major role in the development of their nations.