- Jamaica Tourism Minister said historically, tourism has shown a strong ability to adapt, innovate, and recover from adversity.
- Policymakers, industry leaders, investors, financial institutions, and providers of innovative solutions will be required to collaborate more closely.
- Investments must be made to build infrastructure to facilitate sustainable tourism and sustainable energy consumption.
The Minister noted that this strategy will ensure that the tourism sector becomes more resilient, sustainable, inclusive, and competitive during this Jamaica tourism recovery period.
Speaking recently during the Caribbean Infrastructure Forum (CARIF), Bartlett said: “While historically, tourism has shown a strong ability to adapt, innovate and recover from adversity, this unprecedented situation requires new approaches and a strong multi-level response and partnership to achieve some of our loftier recovery goals.”
He also noted that, “policymakers, industry leaders, investors, financial institutions and providers of innovative solutions will be required to collaborate more closely to boost and ensure the required investments to build the infrastructure that will facilitate sustainable tourism and sustainable energy consumption in the tourism sector.”
According to Minister Bartlett the transition to sustainable tourism, will also depend on whether the development of tourism is guided by a national strategy comprising policy, regulatory and institutional frameworks with sufficient incentives to stimulate the development of supply and productive capacity where sustainable goods and services are concerned.
"Dës Approche zum nohaltege Tourismus muss och aus regionaler Siicht berücksichtegt ginn a soll och Strategien integréieren fir Lücken an der Versuergungssäit vun der Equatioun am Karibik Tourismus ze fëllen. Dofir musse Karibik Destinatiounen strategesch Schrëtt huelen fir sécherzestellen datt mir méi vun den US Dollar behalen, déi an d'Regioun fléissen als Resultat vum Tourismus, "sot hien.
