Tourism stakeholders have been encouraged to improve their service offerings including facilities and amenities, to increase competitiveness within the sector. Minister for Tourism and Culture Robert Tonge told the Annual General Meeting of the Dominica Hotel and Tourism Association this week, stakeholders needed to develop an attitude of excellence to take advantage of new opportunities within the tourism industry. “I want to exhort all Tourism Stakeholders to continue to consider how you can collectively make a greater mark on your return on investment,” he said, further highlighting that quality and consistency are needed in order to transform the Tourism Sector. Tonge also says plans are in place to establish a Hospitality Institute in Dominica. He says Government has contacted schools in the Caribbean and developed a committee for the establishment of the institute. According to Tonge, this promises to address the skills deficiency in the Tourism sector. Meantime, Tonge says Dominica’s tourism sector is seeing significant growth and he expects this trend to continue. He says the Public and Private Sectors combined efforts to rebuild the Industry has been significant, and as a result, visitor arrivals and expenditure is projected to increase tremendously of the next few years. Tonge says with hotels being built, and other projects that are currently being undertaken, the tourism sector is expecting to see a level of diversity and more rooms, within the next 12 to 24 months, all with funds being generated from Dominica’s CBI program. Tourism Minister Robert Tonge
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