Roadmap for the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries (Colombe Emilie Jessy Menos)
Summary: A roadmap sent on 29 March 2017 by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant to Colombe Emilie Jessy Menos at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries. It refers back to the general policy statement he put to the Senate on 14 March 2017 and to the Chamber of Deputies on 20 March 2017, then sets out what the ministry is to undertake over the five-year term.
Key Findings
- Sets the planning horizon at 25 years, asking a high-level commission to define a master plan for the sector over that period, which is far beyond the government's own term.
- Assigns a tourism code to be drafted and passed by Parliament, covering general organization, activities and professions, accommodation, equipment and development, and the sector's taxation.
- Creates institutions and financing rather than campaigns: a National Tourism Development Agency, and a guarantee fund to reduce the risk carried by lenders willing to support the sector.
- Names an island development policy with a use assigned to each: Île de la Tortue for a piracy theme park, archaeological and historical heritage and a seaside resort; Île à Vache for leisure and ecotourism; La Gonâve for a financial center, ecotourism and a maritime pavilion.
- Links retirement villages for the diaspora and foreigners to a medical offer, seeking partnership with the Association Médicale Haïtienne, its counterpart abroad and the private sector to develop an international-standard medical platform in support.
- Requires regional and local tourism schemes to be defined and enforced, an interministerial order regulating the environmental setting of tourist sites, and public-private partnership development plans involving mayors' offices and the diaspora.
- Includes a digital platform to promote the Citadelle and stronger professional capacity through retraining of staff providing tourist services, with the state university engaged on the training programs.
Full Description
A roadmap sent on 29 March 2017 by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant to Colombe Emilie Jessy Menos at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries. It refers back to the general policy statement he put to the Senate on 14 March 2017 and to the Chamber of Deputies on 20 March 2017, then sets out what the ministry is to undertake over the five-year term.
How to cite
Office of the Prime Minister of Haiti, 2017, Roadmap for the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Industries (Colombe Emilie Jessy Menos), http://www.sgcm.gouv.ht/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/9-Feuille-de-route-de-la-ministre-du-Tourisme.pdf