U.S., April 15 -- Jamaica Minister Edmund Bartlett, said today at the Global Tourism Summit: "The bringing together of global tourism leaders was critical in providing a platform to generate support for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines which is in dire need of help following the recent volcanic eruption.
"From a tourism standpoint, the latest development will obviously set back the recovery of the tourism and travel sector in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and other affected countries including the heavily tourism-dependent Barbados indefinitely."
The meeting included several members of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and Organization of American States (OAS), regional ministers of tourism, as well as over 150 high-level t...