Fourteen Caribbean Tourism Ministers and their senior technocrats have been invited by the Government of Spain to participate in a one-week seminar in that country’s capital, Madrid.
The invitation was made public by Spanish Ambassador to Jamaica, Celsa Nuño, last Friday, during the commissioning ceremony for a US$3.5 million 1600 kilowatt solar energy plant at Grand Palladium Hotel in Hanover
She said the seminar will expose participants to, among other things, the importance of renewable energy in sustaining and advancing the tourism sector.
Ambassador Nuño said the seminar’s participants will also be exposed practices undertaken by Spain which enabled that country to become the third most popular tourism destination in the world, averaging over 60 million visitors annually. According to her, some of these practices can be applied within the Caribbean.
Phillip Paulwell, Jamaica's Minister of Science, Technology, Energy, and Mining, who also attended the commissioning ceremony, conveyed gratitude on behalf of the targeted beneficiaries. He said Spain’s gesture came against the background of the cordial relationship Caribbean states share with that country.
“I am sure my colleagues in the tourism sector, both here in Jamaica and across the Caribbean, would be more than happy to take up the invitation," he said.
SOURCE: JIS
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