The attached speech (see link to it below) was delivered by the Hon David Cameron, Prime Minister of England on Thursday August 12th on the value of tourism to the British economy. When I was President of the Barbados Hotel & Tourism Association (BHTA), I made the point that the Barbados economy stood its best [...]
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Ecotourism in Dominica- The Nature Isle of the Caribbean
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By Lani Edghill, Green Business Barbados Coordinator, Future Centre Trust At the end of July I had the opportunity to visit the island of Dominica. It was a trip that my father and I had planned for many years as we are outdoor enthusiasts and avid tree huggers. This, by far, was one of the [...]
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This Global crisis is proving the theory that like oil and water, politics and economics don’t mix!
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By David Inglefield CEO Ansa McAl(Barbados)Ltd. Separately oil and water both have value and are essential in their own right – but together you have a messy environmental disaster! Similarly once politics begins to mix with economics the combination seems to eliminates any value that politicians or economists could create or contribute – together you [...]
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Long-term Tourism Planning: A National Obligation
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Since January of 2008 tourism planners and policy makers at the public sector level have been promising to deliver to the industry and the people of Barbados the much anticipated Tourism Master Plan (TMP) which, in a nutshell, is meant to guide and inform the development of our number one industry well into the future. [...]
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The commitments given and targets set by the Barbados Government for the medium term strongly suggest that the stimulus option is just not a viable one. We are committed to removal of fiscal deficits (currently about 8% of GDP) by 2014/15 and a 30% lower debt to GDP ratio by 2017/18. These are very stretch [...]