Caribbean ministers of aviation were due to meet in the Eastern Caribbean Island of St. Vincent this week to discuss the worsening airlift problem in the Caribbean, including the drastic reduction of service by American Eagle commuter airlines to tourism-dependent island nations.

Zimbabwe and Zambia will cohost the 20th session of the general assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) from 24-29 August this year in their tourist resort towns of Victoria Falls and Livingstone. The two countries won the bid to host the general assembly at a WTO meeting held in South Korea.

Trade and Investment opportunities in Guyana will be the focus of Caribbean Trade Center’s Invest Guyana forum to be held on Thursday May 23, 2013 at the Firefighters Memorial Building 8000 NW 21st Street, in Doral, Florida.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Barbados (ICAB) is doing its part to aid the influx of tourists into this country, as tourism figures are expected to rise in June when they host the 31st Annual Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Caribbean (ICAC).