{"id":71694,"date":"2023-02-23T19:02:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T19:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/23\/investing-in-young-people-is-the-future-of-tourism\/"},"modified":"2023-02-23T19:02:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T19:02:14","slug":"investing-in-younger-folks-is-the-way-forward-for-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/23\/investing-in-younger-folks-is-the-way-forward-for-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in younger folks is the way forward for tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sandals Executive Chairman Adam Stewart speaks on essential subject on the Global Tourism Resilience Conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking on the inaugural Global Tourism Resilience Conference<\/a> on the University of the West Indies (UWI) this weekend, Sandals Resorts International<\/a> Executive Chairman Adam Stewart referred to as on locations and members of the hospitality neighborhood to spend money on younger folks as a result of the way forward for tourism relies upon upon it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have faced and triumphed over what was arguably the most challenging moment the global travel and hospitality industry has ever faced, but as we look to the future, it is not pandemic but apathy that we must address.\u00a0 We must make young people excited to learn, grow and succeed in the travel business.\u00a0 The future of tourism depends on it,\u201d stated Stewart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Stewart, a resilient tourism business is one which acknowledges the connections between a rising tourism sector and the general economic system, in addition to the significance of upskilling, getting ready the subsequent era of Caribbean folks to carry crucial management positions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must hold the hands of the younger generation and start thinking beyond the expectations of our own.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGen Z thinks differently, and we must change our language to bring them in; we must inspire them to come into the greatest industry or else they won\u2019t come \u2014 they will choose something else,\u201d stated Stewart.\u00a0 \u201cIn Jamaica, where tourism has been the country\u2019s fastest-growing industries for several decades according to the country\u2019s Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, an expanding tourism industry lifts all sectors of the economy. Agriculture grows with us, manufacturing grows with us, entertainment grows with us, everything grows with us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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