Report of a Workshop held in Belize City November 6th– 8th 2008
Within the services sector tourism is the mainstay of the majority of regional economies. This is particularly the case of the smaller economies of CARICOM, where tourism plays an important social role and has a major impact on their financial stability and their external position. The United States constitutes the main tourist market for the larger Caribbean countries, including those of the Hispanic Caribbean, the Dutch West Indies, the French West Indies and the US territories, and accounts for 53% of the total number of tourist arrivals followed by Europe (23%).
Thank you, Mr. Chairman
Hon. Clive Mullings, President of CTU and Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications of Jamaica
Hon. Terry Lister, Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce of Bermuda
Other Ministers of Government
Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General of the ITU
Ms. Bernadette Lewis, Secretary-General of CTU
Delegates, Representatives of Member States and the Private Sector
Representatives of the Media
Hon. Clive Mullings, President of CTU and Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications of Jamaica
Hon. Terry Lister, Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce of Bermuda
Other Ministers of Government
Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General of the ITU
Ms. Bernadette Lewis, Secretary-General of CTU
Delegates, Representatives of Member States and the Private Sector
Representatives of the Media
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Deputy Secretary General Her Excellency Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite reiterated the critical role of CARICOM institutions in the development of the Community through functional cooperation.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A series of key meetings of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), including the Nineteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Heads of Government in Nassau, The Bahamas, will be held within the next ten days.
Among them is the Meeting of the Reflections Group on the CARIFORUM/EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that was initialed last December in Barbados. The Reflections Group will meet in Kingston, Jamaica on 28-29 February 2008.
Advancing the Caribbean Single Market and Economy
Good morning Dear colleagues from Haiti, CIDA and the CARICOM Secretariat. A special good morning to our colleagues in the CSME Unit in Barbados who have joined us by videoconference.