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San Salvador.– The President of the Republic of El Salvador, Elias Antonio Saca, opened the 8th Ibero-American Ministers of Tourism Conference on Thursday. The main theme of the July 17-18 conference was "Tourism, Youth and Development."

The Salvadoran head of state welcomed attendees from 17 Latin American and Iberian countries, as well as the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB).

With this Ibero-American meeting, El Salvador raised its tourism profile as a business and trade meetings destination, one of the goals of the 2014 National Tourism Plan launched by this country's Tourism Ministry. The plan aims to establish El Salvador as a niche market for this type of tourism and help the country become a leader in the Central American region.

The conference was of great importance to the Ministry of Tourism because it addressed diverse topics such as "Diversity, Perspectives and Trends among Ibero-American Youth and Tourism," "Talent for Tourism Development" and "Brazilian Initiatives for Placing Young People in the Tourism Field."

Minister of Tourism Ruben Rochi said the seminars were expected to be very productive. El Salvador presented a project aimed at promoting a culture of peace through youthful entrepreneurship in the tourism industry.

The conference also planned to analyze youth trends and strategies for tourism development, as well as discuss programs and technological tools to drive professional development in the tourism sector.

The insights gained at the regional meeting were to serve as input for the Declaration that will be signed by heads of state and government during the 28th Ibero-American Summit, whose central theme will be "Youth and Development," to be held in El Salvador next October 29-31.

Countries attending the meeting included: Mexico, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Andorra, Chile, Nicaragua, Honduras, Spain, Portugal and Brazil, as well as Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala and Panama.

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Written by: gouletcolonial, 20 Jul 2008 8:14 AM
From: Canada
cuba and venezuela conspicuous by their absence...and besides cuba is truly a place where no Natives have representation as employees other than maids and gardeners...Venezuela may have a few holdovers if they have not been able to leave the country,,,But Venazuela now has highest murder rate in the world I doubt if many tourists are going
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 20 Jul 2008 10:04 AM
From: Canada
ONE of Hugo Chávez’s lesser-known feats since taking over as Venezuela’s leader in 1999 is to have presided over a tripling of the annual homicide rate—and that’s according to the official statistics. Last year more than 13,000 people were killed in a country of 27m, producing a murder rate of 48 per 100,000, the second highest in the world (after El Salvador). In neighbouring Colombia, a country plagued by guerrilla war and drug violence, the rate was 40 per 100,000....Venezuelas murder rate is actually much much higher but many things are left out of official statistics....
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 20 Jul 2008 10:05 AM
From: Canada
Many homicides never get into the official statistics. They include those killed while supposedly “resisting arrest”. Yet in exchanges of fire between police and alleged criminals, 39 suspects are killed for every policeman, suggesting not much “resistance” is taking place. Another large (and growing) group of suspicious deaths excluded from the official data are those that have not yet been categorised—and probably never will be—though most are likely to result from murder. And then there are the jail murders. Every year, two in every 100 prisoners (more than one a day) are killed, but they are left out of the statistics, too.
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 20 Jul 2008 10:17 AM
From: Canada
These guys better watch out while in tiny El Salvador as well .....it is off the radar to tourists as well
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