Why Turkey Is Becoming a Gateway to the Caribbean | Caribbean Tourism | ITF | Neomi Espinoza Madrid
Exclusive interview with Neomi Espinoza Madrid, Secretary-General of Association of Caribbean States (ACS-AEC), in conversation with Travel And Tour World, at ITF. Key Highlights: 1. Neomi Espinoza Madrid shares that ACS represents 35 countries and territories across the "greater Caribbean," including Central American nations, Caribbean islands, and countries like Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela. 2. The goal at ITF is to bring the greater Caribbean closer to Turkey, and Turkey closer to the greater Caribbean. 3. ACS is promoting multi-destination tourism, encouraging travellers to visit several countries in a single trip, making the long journey to the Caribbean more worthwhile, and is working with Turkish counterparts on a related project. 4. Traditional tourism to the Caribbean comes mainly from the US and Western Europe, but ACS aims to expand reach to other regions, leveraging Turkey as a hub connecting Asia, Africa, and other continents to the Caribbean. 5. Beyond the well-known sun-and-beach image, ACS is promoting cultural diversity, including heritage, carnivals, music, food, and historical sites like Mayan ruins. 6. The Caribbean has a globally influential music and festival culture, with several world-famous musicians originating from the region. 7. On community tourism, she highlights experiences like meeting local fisherfolk who catch the food visitors eat, a people-to-people connection model ensuring local communities directly benefit from tourism. 8. ACS's broader vision is to make tourism benefit the populations of the greater Caribbean directly. 9. Beyond ITF, ACS engages with partners across Western Europe, the Gulf countries, and parts of Asia, aiming to diversify tourist source markets beyond the Americas. 10. This interview offers global travel trade audiences insight into the greater Caribbean as a multi-destination, culturally rich region expanding its global reach while ensuring tourism benefits local communities. About Travel And Tour World: Travel And Tour World is a global travel media platform covering travel, tourism, hospitality, aviation, MICE, cruise, and luxury travel, with readership across 195 countries. [Caribbean tourism, greater Caribbean, Caribbean travel, Association of Caribbean States, Caribbean culture, multi-destination tourism, Caribbean beyond beaches, multi destination tourism Caribbean, Caribbean community based tourism, Caribbean carnival culture, visit multiple Caribbean countries one trip, ACS Caribbean tourism Turkey partnership, Caribbean cultural heritage tourism, Caribbean music festivals tourism, sustainable community tourism Caribbean] #CaribbeanTourism #GreaterCaribbean #CaribbeanTravel #ACS #CaribbeanCulture #MultiDestinationTourism #CaribbeanBeyondBeaches #NeomiEspinozaMadrid #SustainableTourism #TravelAndTourWorld