OECS Pushes Community-Based Tourism as New Growth Engine for Caribbean Communities

OECS Pushes Community-Based Tourism as New Growth Engine for Caribbean Communities

Saint Lucia Workshop Strengthens Regional Capacity to Turn Culture, Heritage and Local Enterprise into Sustainable Tourism Opportunities CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, July 2, 2026 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States is intensifying its push to place communities at the centre of the region’s tourism future, following a high-impact Community-Based Tourism Capacity Building Workshop held in Saint Lucia from June 9 to 11. The workshop, titled “F…

OECS empowers member states with community-based tourism

Tourism officials from across the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) recently gathered in Saint Lucia to advance a people-centered approach to regional travel. The high-impact workshop, titled “From Assessment to Action: CBT Policy Development and National Action Planning,” took place from June 9-11 and focused on positioning local communities as both the architects and […]