Caricom setting up task force on sports tourism

The Caricom Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD) at its 22nd Meeting in Georgetown last week agreed to establish a Regional Task Force on Sports Tourism to develop a strategy for harnessing the region’s potential in sports for development.

According to the Caricom Secretariat, at Turkeyen, the COHSOD, which focused on Youth, Sports and Culture, reviewed evidence to support the claim that sports tourism could yield significant social and economic gains for the region.

The meeting, which was attended by ten ministers, accompanying strong delegations, and representatives from