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Ian Douglas, says tourism stakeholders meeting geared at developing collaboration between stakeholders to build tourism industry

By Dominica News ⋅ February 10, 2010 ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Q95News - Speaking at a Tourism Stakeholders meeting on Monday, Minister for Tourism Ian Douglas, says 2009 was a very difficult year for tourism in Dominica as it was faced by double-digit declines in some of its key source markets to include the UK, as well as a decline in spending in both the stay over and cruise segments of the industry.
Douglas says the meeting was an opportunity for stakeholders to dialogue on how to develop a greater level of collaboration and partnership to further expand their businesses and bring greater benefits to Dominica. Douglas has advised that the task ahead is not an easy one for them within the tourism sector and as such collaboration within stakeholders is even more imperative. The Tourism Minister says the recent Global Impact on Dominica’s Tourism Industry has presented tourism stakeholders with an opportunity to re-evaluate how they conduct their affairs in tourism development.

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