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Tourism: Japan increasingly attracted to Caribbean offers

Photo: Shao-Chung Wang/123RF By Frank Martin TTC Service.-Japan's interest in the Caribbean islands is growing over the years and tourism is undoubtedly among the economic sectors favored by this inclination. The policies in this regard of the Japanese government, and especially its Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, currently drives the interest of the average Japanese to spend vacations in the far region. Abe developed an 11-day tour of five Latin American and Caribbean countries in the summer of 2014. A fundamental step at that time was a first summit between Japan and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). "Japan is committed to" more proactively "promoting" peace, stability and prosperity in the region, the prime minister said. He also carried several good proposals in his suitcase for the Caribbean states and their crucial industry: the tourism. A fundamental one was the announcement by Abe of a $15 million fund granted to eight Caribbean [...]

CARICOM heads chided for lack of sports investment

Photo: rawpixel/123RF Caribbean heads of governments have been accused of not keeping pace with their sportsmen and women because the politicians are failing to provide facilities to support athletes consistent with their worldwide successes. So said Jamaican sports administrator, Dr Michael Fennell, as he addressed the recent Barbados Olympic Association 2019 awards ceremony. Fennell, a water polo player in the 1959 joint West Indies Pan Am Games team, and former president of the Jamaica Olympic Association wants to see discussions on sports given priority during CARICOM Heads of Governments meetings. “When you look at the status of sports in the Caribbean and what we are doing about the development of sports, I am very concerned. I am concerned because although we have done well and continue to do well, it is almost by accident because we have not truly invested in sports in the Caribbean,” he said while asserting [...]