Participants At Nevis Tourism Workshop
Charlestown, Nevis
November 26, 2008
Nevis is host a number of stakeholders in the Federation’s tourism industry who are attending a workshop on Hotel Operations Management and Food and Beverage Management. The two-day Organisation of American States (OAS) sponsored event commenced on November 26, at the Old Manor Hotel.
During a brief ceremony to launch the workshop, OAS Representative for St. Kitts and Nevis Mr. Starret Greene told participants that no longer could the real dangers posed by the negative effects of climate change on the Federation and the Region’s tourism industry be ignored.
He said when the time, effort and resources that were invested in the development of the tourism product were considered, it was imperative that everything possible should be done to protect the critical and invaluable component of the tourism infrastructure.
“I wish to now call for changes to be made to the current designs of our infrastructure without delay.
“I feel obliged to use this occasion to also call on the owners of properties, governments, industry stakeholders, insurance companies, architects, engineers, construction companies, private sector partners and civil society organizations to begin discussions on the issue of adaptation, with a view to crafting a plan of action to address the vulnerabilities of our tourism infrastructure to the impact of climate change and the forces of Mother Nature,” he said.
