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the end of the decade, tourism will attract over 2 million
visitors spending over US $2 billion. Of that amount,
approximately 40% is spent outside of hotels – that
is on attractions, taxes, etc. This paper presents a plan
to help organize communities to support tourism, and by
so doing, create a financially feasible and sustainable
development that will create wealth for the community
and its members.
We have chosen two types of communities:
1. A Farming Village
2. A Fishing Village
Several possible sites will be examined to determine
their suitability for this pilot programme. To assess
their potential we will study their:
a. PRACTICES and WILLINGNESS
to work.
b. RESOURCES including HUMAN
AND FINANCIAL, also LOCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE,
etc.
c. Other fundamental requirements such as EDUCATION,
LAND, and WATER resources and/or SEAFOOD resources.
We have assumed that we will be successful in obtaining:
i. FUNDS, both locally and overseas.
ii. A five-year project management by private sector
companies to implement plans on a voluntary, project-by-project
basis.
It is envisioned that these two initial villages will
eventually become models
for future developments of this nature.
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