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- Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the current trend of digitalisation means countries now have to be mindful of not only tangible threats, but also the growing invisible threats associated with electronic activities.
- The Minister, who is participating in a two-day meeting in the United States Virgin Islands on the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Action Network on Post-Disaster Recovery, said this is even more important, considering that most tourism-related commerce now takes place electronically.
- “From destination research to bookings to reservations to room service to payment for vacation shopping… these are mostly done electronically,” the Minister said.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the current trend of digitalisation means countries now have to be mindful of not only tangible threats, but also the growing invisible threats associated with electronic activities.
The Minister, who is participating in a two-day meeting in the United States Virgin Islands on the Clinton…
