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Tourism Minister Charles Fernandez has urged global leaders to prioritize sustainability, warning that economic expansion must not come at the expense of the environment.
Speaking at the Berlin Economic Forum, Fernandez emphasized that tourism, which contributes 10% of global GDP and employs one in ten people, must balance growth with environmental responsibility.
“The industry stands at a crossroads,” he said. “Sustainable tourism is no longer a niche—it is a necessity.”
He highlighted Antigua and Barbuda’s efforts, including solar-powered public buildings, the Sustainable Island Resource Framework Fund, and the Destination Stewardship Council. He also pointed to public-private partnerships, such as the Nobu Beach Inn in Barbuda, as key to responsible investment.
Fernandez called on global investors and policymakers to follow this model, quoting Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai: “We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment.”
The Berlin Economic Forum, running from 3–6 March, brings together world leaders to discuss sustainable business, responsible investment, and environmental policies under the theme: International Business, Sustainable Investments & Environmental Projects for Advancing Global Development, Democracy and Peace.
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This could bring much-needed investment, but will it be implemented properly?
Hope this includes eco-friendly practices that reduce our carbon footprint.
Are we ready to support the infrastructure needed for sustainable tourism?”
This could really help the economy, but it’s important to make sure benefits reach all communities.
Sustainable tourism is the way forward, glad to see this focus!
This could bring much-needed investment, but will it be implemented properly?
These guys pick up jargons that they use liberally which is an insult to thinking people.
Fernandez is like a bot and act like bots.
Does he know what is a public private partnership? Nobu is no PPP
Where is the benefit to Antiguans and Barbudans? A few low wage jobs for 7 months per year?
Free lunches for the big wigs?
Is he aware of the non publicized environmental damages when NOBU dump plastics, burn them and dump all the plastics residue from the K-Club into the adjacent ponds that enters the seafood chain?
Is the Partnership the free lunches at Nobu for DCA staff to ignore regulations.
These guys should be charged with international ignoramuses when they go to international forums and lie bold face lies, as well as unknowningly say false things