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CMEx Appeal Branches out of Caribbean

Holiday In Wales A novel gathering of journalists, tourism industry folk, government officials and other movers and shakers in the largest employer in the Caribbean has been so successful it is being pulled to other regions of the world.

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Holiday Wales The Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) on sustainable tourism put together by Counterpart International and a host of partners and supporters this month hosted its first effort outside of the English-speaking Caribbean.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales Speaking in the Dominican Republic shortly after the first experiment with CMEx in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, Counterpart President Lelei LeLaulu said the media initiative had become such a successful model, that other regions of the world were now requesting it.

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Caravan Holiday In Wales "Having encountered our first CMEx outside of the English-speaking Caribbean we are now responding to calls for the CMEx type exercise to look at sustainable tourism development issues in Central Asia, the Andes in South America and in the South Pacific," he said.

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Holiday Last Minute Wales "The corporate entities are the ones who keep a watch to see if they are getting their monies' worth from sponsoring the Caribbean Media Exchange and we are really very pleased with the feedback we are receiving. We still have a long way to go but so far so good," he said.

Catering Holiday Self Wales LeLaulu said while the response from the private sector was encouraging there was obviously room for greater support as the commercial community has a key role to play, and a lot to gain, in the success of sustainable tourism.

Holiday Wales Walking "They need to recognize that sustainable tourism involves environmental conservation, which deals with poor and needy communities, their health and culture, and it is in their interest to become a major engine of change in these communities," he added.

Family Holiday Wales The days of passive tourism, he said, may be over if tourism itself was to be sustainable and everybody involved in the world's fastest growing industry has to realize that fact. "They have to see the value of actually improving a destination in terms of its health, its culture and its environment," he stressed.

Holiday Riding Wales Explaining the rationale behind CMEx and its usefulness in the promotion of sustainable development issues, the Counterpart leader said "while Tourism Ministers come and go, journalists on the tourism beat, some of whom have served a range of print and electronic media, do represent a repository of wealth and experience.

Adventure Holiday Wales "Their expertise has not been utilized because no one has asked them, so CMEx has brought some of these individuals together to bring the indigenous knowledge in the open, so that decision and policy makers can make an educated stab at doing the right thing as far as sustainable tourism is concerned and it is working very well," he contends.

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