CMEx Media Series Now in Demand Worldwide

A novel gathering of journalists, tourism industry folk, government officials and other movers and shakers in the largest employer in the Caribbean has been so successful it is being pulled to other regions of the world.

The Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) on Sustainable Tourism put together by Counterpart International and a host of partners and supporters, this month hosted its first effort outside of the English-speaking Caribbean.

Speaking in the Dominican Republic shortly after the first experiment with CMEx in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, Counterpart President Lelei LeLaulu said the media initiative had become such a successful model, that other regions of the world were now requesting it.

"Having encountered our first CMEx outside of the English-speaking Caribbean we are now responding to calls for the CMEx type exercise to look at sustainable tourism development issues in Central Asia, the Andes in South America and in the South Pacific," he said.

CMEx, now into its fourth year, assembles Caribbean and international media and industry stakeholders to share their concerns on tourism development and sustainable issues. With sustainable tourism dependant on an informed and supportive public, CMEx has been equipping journalists to deal with the subject accurately and in depth.