Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has proposed a permanent Caribbean Tourism Resilience Fund at SOTIC in Guyana. His plan could use visitor contributions and public-private investment to protect workers, small businesses, infrastructure and destinations—shifting Caribbean tourism from paying for disaster reconstruction to financing resilience before the next crisis. SOURCE: Jamaica Minister Bartlett Proposes Caribbean Tourism Resilience Fund at SOTIC in Guyana BY: eTurboNews
It is a proposed fund aimed at protecting Caribbean tourism through visitor contributions and public-private investment.
Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett proposed the fund at SOTIC in Guyana.
The goal is to finance resilience in tourism before crises occur, rather than paying for disaster reconstruction after.
The fund aims to protect small businesses and workers in the tourism sector from the impacts of disasters.