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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
Photo: OAS
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The
Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States
(OAS), Albert Ramdin, opened in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the
Twenty-First Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level
Authorities of Tourism, along with the Vice President of the Republic of
Honduras, María Antonieta de Bográn, and the Minister of Tourism, Nelly
Jerez.
During the inauguration of the Congress, which has “Geotourism
to the benefit of Local Communities” as its central theme, Assistant
Secretary General Albert Ramdin said that the enormous effort carried
out for the successful organization of the Congress reflects the
commitment of Hondurans to the Inter-American System and that of the OAS
to Honduras and to the tourism industry. Ambassador Ramdin highlighted
the vital importance of tourism to the economies of the Hemisphere,
especially to the smaller countries of Central America and the
Caribbean, while he called on governments to promote public and private
partnerships and to continue investing in tourism competitiveness.
During his visit to Honduras, Assistant Secretary General Ramdin
spoke to Vice President María Antonieta de Bográn on the electoral
process in Honduras and on the importance of the Inter-American Congress
on Tourism.
The OAS high-level official also spoke with representatives of
the Honduran private sector, members of the Business Council of Latin
America and the Honduran Private Enterprise Council on the opportunities
and challenges facing the nations of the Hemisphere.
The Assistant Secretary General also met with the Ministers of
Tourism of Barbados, Guyana, and Saint Lucia. With Barbados Tourism
Minister, Richard Sealy, Ramdin spoke on the organization of next year’s
Tourism Congress in Barbados and offered the support of the OAS to
ensure the success of that important event.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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