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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
OAS and Peru Sign Agreement to Host Meeting of Tourism Ministers
From left to right:
Blanca Magali Silva, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru
Luis Almagro, OAS Secretary General
Date: June 25, 2015
Place: Washington, DC
Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS
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The
23rd Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of
Tourism, coordinated by the Organization of American States (OAS), will
be held in Lima on
September 3 and 4,
according to an agreement signed today by the Secretary General of the
OAS, Luis Almagro, and the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism of
Peru, Magali Silva.
After signing the agreement, the Secretary General Almagro said
"the aspect of community tourism and the historical depth that this
perspective has in Peru will allow other states to learn about this
experience and enrich it with their own perspectives." "Tourism is not a
selfish task, but one that requires cooperation and collaboration
between States. The more agencies of Inter-American coordination we
have, the better for our societies and our economies," he added.
For her part, Minister Silva said that "for us it is of the utmost
importance to develop rural community tourism because it allows us to
connect to the living culture of the treasures we have in Peru and in
all the countries of Latin America, to preserve ancestral traditions and
share them with tourists who are looking for a different experience.”
The next edition of the conference, the minister said, will allow for
the exchange of experiences and discussion of public policies to create
more jobs and bring sustainability to communities that have not yet been
connected to markets.
The Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High-Level
Authorities of Tourism, to which are invited the ministers of the member
states of the Organization was established in 1939, even before the OAS
itself, and is the principal hemispheric forum for policy dialogue to
promote sustainable development tourism in the Americas, by conducting
meetings to address technical issues and promote Inter-American
cooperation in this field.
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