SELA Promotes Seminar on Tourism in Jamaica
26 de octubre de 2012

The Second Regional Seminal on Tourism: "The Small and Medium Businesses and Tourist Development in the Caribbean Region" will be held on Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Oct. 29-30, the Permanent Secretariat of SELA reported.

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Caracas, October 26 (PL)- The Second Regional Seminal on Tourism: "The Small and Medium Businesses and Tourist Development in the Caribbean Region" will be held on Montego Bay, Jamaica, on Oct. 29-30, the Permanent Secretariat of SELA reported.

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), based in Caracas, is organizing the event together with the Jamaican Tourism Ministry, the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Businesses (Pymes) and the Small Business Association of Jamaica.

The meeting aimed at identifying and assessing best practices of cooperation among public and private agencies, business networks and people in areas linked to tourist development of the Caribbean region.

The agenda of the Seminar includes the issue of productive articulation among Pymes, as a collaboration mechanism to increase not only the tourist offer, but also competitiveness in the sector.

Pymes have been identified as a major driving force behind economic and social development because they have the potential to create and increase job opportunities and contribute greatly to the Caribbean labor market.

Studies carried out by SELA estimate that 95 percent of the establishments involving manufacture, trade and services in the Caribbean region are Pymes, which generate 45 percent of jobs, mainly in tourism.

Experiences like those of the Small Business Association of Barbados, the Chamber of Commerce and Workers Confederation of Bahamas and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States will be presented in the meeting.

According to SELA, the seminar is part of efforts to integrate the Caribbean into activities involving the Pymes.