The OAS announced the following on its website:
The XIX Inter-American Travel Congress to be held in San Salvador, El Salvador, on 29 and 30 September, 2011 will focus on the following theme "Tourism, a challenge to poverty." Other important issues, such as the importance of public-private partnerships to promote investment and development for the tourism sector, tourism and cultural heritage, social responsibility of enterprises in the tourism industry and the challenges for sustainable tourism will also be discussed in plenary sessions.
The Inter-American Travel Congress serves as an important platform for exchanging experiences and best practices, and establishing mechanisms for: supporting technical studies, strengthening communication between government agencies and the private sector, evaluating technical cooperation projects and supporting Member States in their efforts to develop the tourism sector.
Source: CentralAmericaData.COM
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