Caribbean tourism

ST JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC

– Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments have given the green light for the region to establish a US$60 million marketing fund to promote the Caribbean as a single destination, Chairman of the CARICOM Task Force on Tourism, Allan Chastanet has announced.

Chastanet, who is also the Tourism Minister in St. Lucia, told reporters that the regional leaders, who spent Wednesday discussing the industry that provides thousands of jobs to their nationals, had given a 60-day deadline to formulate how the money would be raised for the venture.

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