Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has been elected, on the sidelines of the ongoing UNWTO General Assembly in Madrid, Chair of the Organization of America States (OAS) Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR).
CITUR is the most prestigious tourism body in the Americas which counts Latin America, and the Caribbean, as well as Canada and the US in its membership.
In his acceptance statement, Bartlett called on the region “to not accept what was nor what is but what must be” to confront the issues of the pandemic to recover and thrive, thus making the Americas a strong tourism sector providing more jobs and economic wellbeing for its people.
He also encouraged member states to work in partnership for the future and recovery of tourism, based on innovation and investment in priority products and people for success. He congratulated his vice chairs from Ecuador and Paraguay and expressed his commitment to deepening the collaboration with all delegations to ensure that the region of the Americas survives and thrives in the post pandemic era and beyond.
