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DIASPORA TOURISM & INVESTMENTS

POLICY DIALOGUE INNOVATION NATIONS: Exploring the Strategic Opportunities in Canadian-Caribbean Relations. DIASPORA TOURISM & INVESTMENTS Presented by, Sherma Roberts, Yanique Hume, Natasha Mortley and Keith Nurse Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. 21 October, 2010.

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DIASPORA TOURISM & INVESTMENTS

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  1. POLICY DIALOGUEINNOVATION NATIONS: Exploring the Strategic Opportunities in Canadian-CaribbeanRelations DIASPORA TOURISM & INVESTMENTS Presented by, Sherma Roberts, Yanique Hume, Natasha Mortley and Keith Nurse Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. 21 October, 2010 Hosted by the Canadian International Council and Centre for Trade Policy and Law. Research conducted by Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados (Lead Agency) www.shridathramphalcentre.organd Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Carleton University, Canada (Partner Agency) www.ctpl.ca Funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre www.idrc.ca

  2. Diasporic Populations in Global cities • * Larger even than Chinese population in NY (6%) • *Population distributed throughout several cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague) • ***Absolute figures reflect only those who are foreign-born and does not account for 2nd and subsequent generations. Source: MPI statistics of foreign-born populations in global cities

  3. Frequency of immigrant travel to home, country. Amount spent per trip, percent Source: Manuel Orozco 2003-4 survey of immigrants in the US

  4. Typology of Diasporic Tourism

  5. Diasporic Tourism and the Diasporic Economy

  6. Thrice Diasporized Tourism Spaces Ancestral diasporic tourism Intra-diaspora tourism Nostalgic diasporic tourism

  7. Key Stakeholders in Diasporic Tourism • Facilitators & Intermediaries: • Hoteliers • Tour operators • Tourism Agencies • Cultural Agencies • Airlines • Cruiseships • Diasporic newspapers • Diasporic websites • Travel Agencies • Diaspora Enablers: • Migrants • Diasporic Entrepreneurs • Gov’t Agencies • Remittance firms • Home Town Assoc • Tour operators • Telecoms • NGOs • Diasporic Tourists: • Stayover • Cruise • Cultural • Festival • Heritage • Eco • Educational • Medical tourism • Short-break

  8. P Policy Recommendations

  9. Policy Recommendations:Planning

  10. Policy Recommendations:Marketing

  11. Policy Recommendations: Enterprise Development

  12. Telesur • Largest mobile phone provider in Suriname • Invested in the Dutch market: • Main USP is calling at reduced prices both to and in Suriname and also within the Netherlands. • SIM card has both a Suriname phone number and a Dutch phone number in one SIM card • A special benefit for its subscribers is that no roaming fees are applied when making use of the Dutch phone number in Suriname. • Source: van de Roer (2010) Telesur: Company Profile. Telecompaper.

  13. Laparkan • A Caribbean diasporic conglomerate • Largest investments in the region in freight (sea and air) • Money transfer: • The second largest remittance company in Guyana) and travel agencies. • Offices located in all the major Caribbean diasporic communities in • the US and Canada along with offices in most Caribbean countries. • Majority shareholder in the Guyana National Industrial • Corporation. which offers wharf operations and transportation • logistics services for containerized and break bulk cargo for • imports and exports • Owner of the largest department store in Guyana (Fogarty’s). • Laparkan is the largest employer in Guyana after the government. • http://www.laparkan.com/

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