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Tourism worries for Jamaica amid euro crisis
Published: Thursday June 28, 2012 | 10:41 am with audio | 0 Comments
Daraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter
BRUSSELS, Belgium:
A senior member of the European Parliament has sounded a warning to developing countries like <span style="font-weight: bold">Jamaica to brace for possible fallout in tourist arrivals from Europe if the region falls into recession.
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"I hope that Europe is clever enough to help itself and Jamaica," said Hannes Swoboda, who is the president of the Social Democratic Party at the European Parliament.
European leaders are meeting in Brussels today with a view to resolving the euro crisis.
The summit is taking place over two days and is being held at a time when five European countries, including Spain, which has significant investments in Jamaica's tourism sector, have asked the euro zone for a bail out.
"The less we are able to solve the problems in Europe itself, the lower is the understanding and the readiness of our citizens to spend money for others or to support others outside of the European Union," Swoboda said.
He added: "Therefore, our fight against poverty worldwide, our fight for the equal distribution of income and wealth worldwide is dependent on solutions in our own countries."
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