Nicaragua Tourism Fights Crisis
Managua - National and international representatives
of tourism sector will analyze the impact of
the world crisis and its repercussion on
tourism, both worldwide and regionally,
confirmed an official source.
According to Karina Ramirez, official of the
Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (INTUR),
Granada, about 60 kilometers south of the
capital, will host the 10th Forum of
Integration and Tourism Development of
Central America and the Dominican Republic
June 22 and 23.
About 150 representatives of national and
international tourism agencies, including
the Secretary General of the World Tourism
Organization (WTO), Taleb Rifai, will
analyze subjects such as the impact of the
world crisis on the sector, she informed.
Considered a potential force of the economy
in the region, the participants will search
for alternatives and actions to keep tourism
as an important source of income.
During the event, business persons of the
so-called smokeless industry, ministers and
representatives from different countries
will deal with confronting the crisis,
explained the Nicaraguan official.
The event will close in the island of
Ometepe on July 23 in support of its
nomination as one of the Seven Natural
Wonders of the World. |
