Editorial | Tourism integration

Edmund Bartlett’s call this week for collaboration by Caribbean countries to protect their vital tourism industries from global uncertainties again underlines the logic of regional integration. It also puts in the table the status of a more than year-old request by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders for a study on goods and services that can be feasibly produced in the region.

At the same time, the tourism minister’s reinforcement of the idea of partnerships and intra-regional linkages in Caribbean tourism must also be reflected the planned overhaul of the legislative framework of Jamaica’s tourism sector to, as he said, modernise the industry and create deeper integration with the rest of the economy.