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headline: Executive Council approves Tourism project

Monday, January 7th 2008 - 10:49 pm

Executive Council has approved a two year Tourism Sector Development Project for Anguilla.

Minister of Finance Victor Banks says with large tourism projects like Viceroy and Temenos it is important to launch a series of studies that will allow Government to plan for the operational phase of new resorts that will come on stream.

He says the Tourism Sector Development Project will include contracting the services of a Tourism Planning Consultant who will be attached to the Ministry of Tourism.

Banks says progress has been made with hiring a well respected consultant from within the region who will commence work in February 2008.

The consultant will be responsible for coordinating an Economic Social Impact Analysis Study of the Tourism Projects approved since 2001 on the Tourism Industry and the Anguillian Economy in General.

With some four thousand five hundred tourism accommodation rooms...full story