CTO EUROPEAN COMMISSION CDERA CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Competing with the Best: Good Practices: Natural Hazard Risk Management in the Caribbean Tourism Sector www.carlbro.com The Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development Programme This manual is an output of the Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development Programme (CRSTDP), which is a five-year (2003-2008) programme funded by the 8th European Development Fund (EDF). The overall objective of the Programme is to contribute to economic growth and poverty alleviation in the 15 Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific states (CARIFORUM) through increased competitiveness and sustainability of the Caribbean tourism sector. CARIFORUM comprises Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Caribbean Tourism Organization The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), with headquarters in Barbados and marketing operations in New York, London and Toronto, is the Caribbean’s tourism development agency and comprises 32 member governments and a myriad of private sector organisations and companies. The CTO’s mission is to provide, to and through its members, the services and information needed for the development of sustainable tourism for the economic and social benefit of the Caribbean people. The organisation provides specialised support and technical assistance to member countries in the areas of marketing, human resource development, research, information management and sustainable tourism development. To order copies of this manual please contact: The Caribbean Tourism Organization, One Financial Place, Lower Collymore Rock, St. Michael, Barbados Tel: (246) 427 5242 Fax: (246) 429 3065 Email:
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