CTO teams up with CEDERA for disaster mitigation seminar
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The Caribbean Tourism
Organization (CTO) is teaming up with the region’s disaster response body,
the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) for a special
disaster mitigation exercise at the 8th annual Caribbean Conference on
Sustainable Tourism Development (STC-8) in Puerto Rico.
The entire first day of the conference will be
dedicated to disaster management and preparedness, with CDERA leading the
discussion in these areas of critical concern to the region’s tourism
industry, the two organisations announced today.
The two regional institutions noted that in the last
two years alone, Caribbean and international tourism have been plagued by a
number of disasters, including hurricanes and floods and the inability to
mitigate or eliminate the consequences of these disasters have resonated
strongly in the affected countries.
“Tourism continues to be constrained by the
ineffective mobilization and coordination of disaster relief and through
this special session, we hope to explore the avenues where governments, the
private sector and interest groups can secure more comprehensive and
accurate information, employ improved mitigation strategies and establish
sustainable disaster response capabilities,” the said in a joint news
release.
The programme for the day includes workshops on
facilities assessment and contingency planning; a special general session
entitled, Towards Sustainable Tourism in the Caribbean – The
Disasters/Tourism Interface; and a session on Approaches to Risk Management
in the Tourism Sector.
The special general session on disaster management and
preparedness will take place on Tuesday 25 April at the Condado Plaza
Hotel., the STC-8 host resort.
The 8th Annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable
Tourism Development, organized by CTO in collaboration with the Puerto Rico
Tourism Company (PTRC), and co-sponsored by the European Union within the
framework of the Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development
programme (CRSTDP), will take place from 25-29 April in San Juan, Puerto.
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