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  • Multi-Destination Tourism to be discussed at sustainable tourism meeting

    The issue of Multi-Destination Tourism (MDT) is considered one of regional importance in order to be addressed on the upcoming 24th Meeting of the Special Committee on Sustainable Tourism of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).

    For over five years, the ACS, through its Directorate of Sustainable Tourism, was engaged within the development of a Multi-Destination Tourism Program which seeks to facilitate dialogue and cooperation one of many regional stakeholders within the tourism and transport sectors. The target is to maintain the “Caribbean” destination market share in extra-regional markets and increase intra-regional tourist flows.

    In this regard, the Directorate will inform of advances made inside the organising of Aviation Day Caribbean, pursuant to outreach to the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA). Aviation Day Caribbean will gather the Regional Tourism and Transport Authorities with the airline executives, to facilitate collaboration, networking, and dialogue. This high-level forum is scheduled for November 13, 2013 in Cancun, Mexico, and the ACS would be partnering with both the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and ALTA for the hosting of this event.

    This initiative responds to calls from various regional governments in advocating for the region to explore incentives and methods to reinforce regional carriers; enhance intra-regional travel; and thru joint airlift agreements, increase linkages between regional- and international-based airlines as a part of a broad-based technique to boost tourist arrivals.

    The advances and way forward on issues along with regional collaboration within the area of sustainable tourism is another topic that occupies equal importance at the agenda. Emphasis can be put on achieving consensus at the way forward inside the project to ascertain the Sustainable Tourism Zone of Greater Caribbean (STZC). The Directorate have been collaborating with the Regional Council of Martinique for the conceptualisation of a regional cooperation mechanism for dialogue, interaction, and engagement of the participating destinations, and Regional Tourism Authorities, in addition to to facilitate consultation with regional cooperation and funding agencies for integrated planning among STZC stakeholders.

    This project will facilitate the growth of the Sustainability Indicators Project to incorporate at the least one destination in all of the ACS Member States. Additionally, a domain might be developed to operate as a data, marketing, and resource tool, to support the establishment and promotion of the STZC and the Greater Caribbean Region in international tourism markets. As well as showcasing the region’s destinations, the web site would be equipped with tools for the sustainable management of tourism destinations and data conducive to adopting sustainable tourism practices for destination mangers, regional governments, and the general public at large.

    The ACS acknowledges that increasing cooperation among the many countries of the Greater Caribbean Region is necessary in positioning the region as ONE Greater Caribbean Destination. With its proposed initiatives, the ACS has sought to tap into existing and potential synergies by increasing collaboration in crosscutting problems with mutual interest, which are achieved through a means of knowledge exchange, alliances, and partnerships for horizontal cooperation.

    The Special Committee on Sustainable Tourism meetings held annually may be chaired by the President of the Martinique Committee on Sustainable Tourism, Mrs. Karine Roy-Camille. High-level officials in attendance include the Minister of Tourism of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honorable Stephen Cadiz; Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Mrs. Juliana Johan-Boodram; and Acting CEO of the Tourism Development Company Limited (TDC), Ms. Yolande Selman. As well as participating within the meeting, the Ministry of Tourism and the TDC are collaborating closely with the ACS in hosting the meeting.

    Other high-level delegations from ACS Member and Associate Member Countries, in addition representatives from regional organisations, also are expected to be in attendance because the region seeks to pursue a collaborative approach within the advancement of the ACS Sustainable Tourism Work Program.

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  • UK holiday spending higher inside the north than the south

    People within the north of britain are spending almost £200 greater than their southern counterparts on their holiday this year – consistent with research* released today by lastminute.com. With house prices within the south of britain up greater than twice that of the united kingdom as an entire, and typical London house values hitting an all-time high of £318,214, the price of southerners’ homes could be affecting their time away.

    The research revealed that 2013 holiday spending within the north of the rustic is up by an ordinary of £118 per person in comparison with 2012, and nearly a 3rd (29%) of northerners who will go on holiday this summer plan to spend over £1,000 per person this summer. Over the border, 30% of Scottish holidaymakers also plan to splash out no less than a grand per person, but only one in 5 southern holidaymakers are prepared to do an identical.

    When it involves gender splits amongst holiday-goers, men were found to be the most important holiday spenders, allocating £918 each on average – in comparison to women who were set to spend a regular of £831 this year.

    Mark Maddock, Managing Director of lastminute.com UK and Ireland said, “Our findings have highlighted a north-south divide we’re not used to seeing, and it can be that the price of housing is starting to impact southerners’ purchasing power. However, people should get maximum value from their hard-earned holiday budgets and at lastminute.com we will guarantee fantastic getaways for reasonable prices.”

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  • UNWTO partners with top Spanish engineering company for pilot projects

    Research, best practices and new methodologies for tourism development are on the centre of an agreement signed between UNWTO and Spanish public company ISDEFE (Ingeniería de Sistemas para la Defensa de España). This agreement aims at developing pilot projects in keeping with a number subjects including connectivity, energy in tourism, among others.

    UNWTO will draw at the expertise of Isdefe in providing engineering services to the Spanish Administration and international public bodies.

    “We share a standard view with Isdefe and this agreement will contribute to advance new concepts for tourism development if you want to be positioned within the global tourism agenda”, said UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, in signing the agreement.

    Specific areas of cooperation include projects on tourism and infrastructure and connectivity, energy, and development assistance.

    “We are proud to hitch our efforts to the work that UNWTO carries out in support of 1 of the leading economic activities of our time”, said Francisco Quereda Rubio, CEO of Isdefe. “This agreement consolidates our commitment to overall UN goals of sustainability and company social responsibility, which we subscribed already in 2009 after we joined the worldwide Compact of the United Nations”, he added.

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  • Multi-Destination Tourism to be discussed at sustainable tourism meeting

    The issue of Multi-Destination Tourism (MDT) is certainly one of regional importance that might be addressed on the upcoming 24th Meeting of the Special Committee on Sustainable Tourism of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS).

    For over five years, the ACS, through its Directorate of Sustainable Tourism, have been engaged within the development of a Multi-Destination Tourism Program which seeks to facilitate dialogue and cooperation some of the regional stakeholders within the tourism and transport sectors. The target is to maintain the “Caribbean” destination market share in extra-regional markets and increase intra-regional tourist flows.

    In this regard, the Directorate will inform of advances made within the organising of Aviation Day Caribbean, pursuant to outreach to the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA). Aviation Day Caribbean will gather the Regional Tourism and Transport Authorities with the airline executives, to facilitate collaboration, networking, and dialogue. This high-level forum is scheduled for November 13, 2013 in Cancun, Mexico, and the ACS can be partnering with both the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) and ALTA for the hosting of this event.

    This initiative responds to calls from various regional governments in advocating for the region to explore incentives and methods to reinforce regional carriers; enhance intra-regional travel; and thru joint airlift agreements, increase linkages between regional- and international-based airlines as section of a broad-based technique to boost tourist arrivals.

    The advances and way forward on issues inclusive of regional collaboration within the area of sustainable tourism is another topic that occupies equal importance at the agenda. Emphasis should be put on achieving consensus at the way forward within the project to determine the Sustainable Tourism Zone of Greater Caribbean (STZC). The Directorate was collaborating with the Regional Council of Martinique for the conceptualisation of a regional cooperation mechanism for dialogue, interaction, and engagement of the participating destinations, and Regional Tourism Authorities, in addition to to facilitate consultation with regional cooperation and funding agencies for integrated planning among STZC stakeholders.

    This project will facilitate the growth of the Sustainability Indicators Project to incorporate a minimum of one destination in all of the ACS Member States. Additionally, a domain shall be developed to operate as a data, marketing, and resource tool, to support the establishment and promotion of the STZC and the Greater Caribbean Region in international tourism markets. Along with showcasing the region’s destinations, the web site could be equipped with tools for the sustainable management of tourism destinations and data conducive to adopting sustainable tourism practices for destination mangers, regional governments, and the general public at large.

    The ACS acknowledges that increasing cooperation one of many countries of the Greater Caribbean Region is important in positioning the region as ONE Greater Caribbean Destination. With its proposed initiatives, the ACS has sought to tap into existing and potential synergies by increasing collaboration in crosscutting problems with mutual interest, which might be achieved through a strategy of knowledge exchange, alliances, and partnerships for horizontal cooperation.

    The Special Committee on Sustainable Tourism meetings held annually shall be chaired by the President of the Martinique Committee on Sustainable Tourism, Mrs. Karine Roy-Camille. High-level officials in attendance include the Minister of Tourism of Trinidad and Tobago, the Honorable Stephen Cadiz; Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Mrs. Juliana Johan-Boodram; and Acting CEO of the Tourism Development Company Limited (TDC), Ms. Yolande Selman. Besides participating inside the meeting, the Ministry of Tourism and the TDC are collaborating closely with the ACS in hosting the meeting.

    Other high-level delegations from ACS Member and Associate Member Countries, in addition to representatives from regional organisations, also are expected to be in attendance because the region seeks to pursue a collaborative approach within the advancement of the ACS Sustainable Tourism Work Program.

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  • Germany scores – with excellent value for money

    Whether you’re a tender couple, a family or just a passionate traveller – price always matters. But if it involves accommodation visitors to Germany can’t only depend on excellent value for money, they will even be assured of excellent facilities and repair.

    Comparing accommodation within Europe, German hotel prices score well below the common, in line with the German Hotel Association (IHA). This may increasingly account for the truth that overnight stays in Germany have risen again in 2012 and 3 years in succession. Germany’s Federal Statistical Office reports 68.8 million overnight stays in 2012 – an extra increase of 8.1% in comparison to the former year.

    “Due to the commonly prevailing economic troubles, price sensibility amongst travellers has increased in just about all European countries,” states Petra Hedorfer, Chief Executive Officer of the German National Tourist Board (GNTB). “Attractive competitive prices make a difference when choosing a travel destination – it is where Germany will always score highly.”

    Room rates within Europe have risen in 2012 by 4.7% to 104 Euro, whereas in Germany they’ve got only risen by 3.4% and a standard rate of 94 Euro. Especially in Germany’s popular cities hotel rates are far below other European destinations.

    Overall, visitor satisfaction can also be high – within the result of GNTO/ERV’s quality monitor 2011/2012 Germany’s value for money ratio was given excellent scores by holiday makers and business travellers alike.