98 August 2016 - Business View Caribbean
is also an upsurge in construction, and that employs
quite a lot of young men. So, for the economy of St.
Kitts and Nevis right now, the prognosis is good for the
future.
BV: Ramping up the attractiveness of the tourism industry
in the region is of great importance. Can you talk about that
and how vital that is?
CABLE
: We are all tiny land masses. We have no vast
place where you can recognize agriculture, so the
quality of foods are good, but the costs of production
are high because they cannot be made into very large
farms and mass producing any types of produce. How-
ever, tourism, because of the geography of the islands,
is very attractive and everyone is looking towards tour-
ism. We have some countries that do not have beauti-
ful beaches, but have large mountain ranges and they
are also now going into the eco-tourism, and places
like Dominica, and Guyana, and St. Vincent are three
examples of countries that are using eco-tourism as
the way forward. Also, the others are sticking to the
traditional tourism. However, sports tourism is another
area that persons are looking at.
