Business View Caribbean | Volume 8, Issue 8

15 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 8, ISSUE 8 T he Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and the leading global community tourism non-profit based in Canada, Planeterra, have joined forces to support community tourism in CTO member countries. This strategic partnership aims to scale up community tourism throughout the Caribbean with the goal to enhance the social, economic and environmental well-being of communities in the region. The organisations will be seeking funding to build the capacity of enterprises, while encouraging community tourism enterprises towards the training and mentorship offered by Planeterra’s Global Community Tourism Network. PLANETERRA AND CTO LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED ON SCALI “Four years ago the CTO launched a programme to support the continued development of community-based tourism in the Caribbean. This partnership with Planeterra is a further step in our regional tourism development strategy to support entrepreneurship and community development, and is timely in this current environment where we are restarting tourism. The participation of local communities in the tourism product is a significant part of distributing the benefits of tourism to all aspects of our societies” said Neil Walters, the CTO’s acting secretary general. Many community tourism enterprises have the ability to change lives and keep tourism OPENING L INES