Belize to Host World Conference on
Tourism
Bridgetown, Barbados - After
postponing the Third World Conference on
Responsible Tourism in Destinations until
October 19-23, 2009 due to the threat of
Influenza A H1N1 pandemic, Belize remains
committed to carry out the event, says the
Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO).
This once in a lifetime opportunity would
lift Responsible Tourism and Development
into the world's viewing pleasure, for the
first time from a stage within the Western
Hemisphere.
The Third International Conference on
Responsible Tourism in Destinations (RTD-3)
will be held at the University of Belize's
Auditorium in the Capital City of Belmopan.
The Conference is being co-chaired by
Belize's Ministry of Tourism and Professor
Harold Goodwin of the ICRT of Leeds
Metropolitan University- UK, with
sponsorship from the Belize Tourism Board
and other local and international
organizations.
The Conference agenda will focus on six
themes: Tourism and Local Economic
Development; Impacts of Tourism on the
Marine and Coastal Zone; Impacts of Cruise
Tourism in Belize and around the world;
Second homes, condominiums and their impact
on local communities; Climate Change and
Tourism; and the newly added Tourism
Planning for Global Pandemics and Natural
Disaster.
Organizers invite all those interested to
visit their brand new website (www.icrtbelize.org)
redesigned and restructured to showcase the
conference in October. |
