This paper explores the issue of tourism, health and environment as a subject that connects the largest sector in the global economy with the issues of health/social capital, and environmental conservation

We provide 16 million package holidays every year in more than 51 countries, 700 resorts, and 7,000 hotels

Somos una organización regional privada con personalidad jurídica, sin fines de Lucro, apolítica y no partidarista, integrada por las Cámaras de Turismo de los siete Paises Centroamericanos, quienes a su vez agrupan las organizaciones gremiales a nivel nacional, lo que representa mas de 8,000 empresas turisticas de las cuales un 85% son MIPYMES.

Formamos parte del Consejo Centroamericano de Turismo como representantes oficiales del sector turistico privado.

Somos miembros directivos de la Agencia de Promoción Turistoca CATA con sede en Madrid

• Economic growth and development dependent on natural resource base
• The environment (built or natural) is the “product”
• Poor environmental management has an adverse impact on tourism
• Proper environmental management comes at a cost but leads to sustainability in the long-term
• Tourism can contribute to environmental sustainability
• What can be done to strengthen linkages between tourism, health and the environment

CAREC

• Sustainable (tourism) development in Caribbean –
• Health and environment issues •
• CAREC’s role in Health and Tourism
• Surveillance, Monitoring, Prevention and Control of illness –
• Disease and other emergency response –
• Capacity building –
• Food safety –
• Quality Tourism for the Caribbean standards •