This demonstrates that various organizations are developing strategies to deal with the direct and indirect of the global financial crisis. The talks in Barbados will focus on how that island nation would market itself in tourism, international business and other areas how Barbados would work with the thousands of overseas-based Barbadians to continue assisting in the country's economic development and thirdly, to look at physical development issues such as environmental concerns, land use policy, use of water resources and alternative energy.Īt the Sixth International Tourism Forum for Parliamentarians and Local Authorities held in the Philippines last week that brought together close to 400 representatives from 78 countries, in part of a resolution issued last Friday, request the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) to instruct the "Resilience Committee," of the UN World Tourism Organization to give urgent attention to all appropriate measures that could assist countries regarding the negative impacts the present financial crisis may have on their tourism industries. The Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson says that 2009 could potentially be a very difficult year with reductions in revenue from the international business sector and possibly tourism. On Monday a similar meeting will be taking place in Barbados - national economic consultation. The Island Government is looking at putting mechanisms in place in order to cushion any shocks. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Monday to discuss how the Island Government will be handling the potential economic crisis as a direct consequence of the international financial crisis and the USA forecasted recession. The Island Government's Sector Economy & Tourism is planning to meet with the St.
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