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\u201cCOUNTRYSTYLE COMMUNITY TOURISM NETWORK\/VILLAGES AS BUSINESSES Community Tourism Centres will be located in different communities in Jamaica and the Caribbean.The proposed plan is for these Community Tourism Centres, serving both local and international visitors and community entrepreneurs, to include:<\/p>\n
1)<\/strong> Information Centre<\/strong> – including marketing of community lifestyle experience tours, potential community entrepreneurial projects for investment and marketing, available training programmes from The UWI Open Campus and the Academy for Community Tourism;<\/p>\n 2) Training Centre<\/strong> – providing niche marketing training in lifestyle businesses and community development, featuring CCTN\u2019s Community Tourism 5 day Entrepreneurship training programme and Basic Hospitality Skills course and relevant UWI Open Campus courses;<\/p>\n 3) Internet Cafe<\/strong> – providing administrative support for communities, a research centre for local and international students and internet access for local and international visitors;<\/p>\n 4) Holistic Restaurant<\/strong> – providing healthy menus utilizing local fruits, vegetables etc.;<\/p>\n 5) Community Museum<\/strong> – showcasing the heritage, culture and lifestyles across the Caribbean;<\/p>\n 6) Community Theatre<\/strong> – offering special cultural performances by arrangement;<\/p>\n 7) Community Tourism Research Library<\/strong> – providing information on diverse niche markets, sustainable\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 community development and cultural marketing;<\/p>\n 8) Community Gift Shop<\/strong> featuring locally made village art, crafts, and souvenirs featuring Countrystyle\u2019s CUPID CRAFT brand.<\/p>\n \u00a0It should be noted that all services do not have to be located in one facility but need to be offered nearby the Community Tourism Centre.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n MISSION <\/strong><\/p>\n To support the development of community tourism in Jamaica, the Caribbean and internationally while educating all stakeholders of its importance to the cause of peace, poverty alleviation and sustainable development and to offer local and foreign visitors diverse \u2018community experience\u2019 vacations and tours.<\/p>\n OBJECTIVES <\/strong><\/p>\n ACADEMY FOR COMMUNITY TOURISM (ACT) <\/strong><\/p>\n Employees are a company\u2019s greatest asset; rightly trained and motivated they give a competitive advantage in a demanding economic environment.\u00a0 Jamaica and the Caribbean region is dependent on Tourism.\u00a0 It is therefore crucial to provide guests\/visitors with a first-class experience so that their trip is memorable, and they will become repeat visitors and tell others of the wonderful time they had. Training is the key to empower employees to deliver a first-class service all the time.<\/p>\n The \u00a05 day Community Tourism Hospitality Entrepreneurship training programme is accredited by the UWI Open Campus and is included in the Countrystyle Community Tourism 10 Day study tours to Jamaica.<\/p>\n The Mission Statement for the Countrystyle Community Tourism Network\/Villages as Businesses (CCTN\/VAB) Academy for Community Tourism (ACT) is: \u201cDevelop future hospitality leaders through education and practical training while fostering goodwill and friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n For further information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n Diana McIntyre-Pike, President\/Founder – Hospitality & Community Tourism Consultant\/Trainer \u2013 tel: 876-5076326\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n diana@visitcommunities.com<\/strong><\/p>\n www.accesscommunitytourism.com\u00a0\u00a0 www.villagesasbusinesses.com\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>www.peacetourism.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>www.peacetourism.org\/car<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Community Tourism Center \u201cCOUNTRYSTYLE COMMUNITY TOURISM NETWORK\/VILLAGES AS BUSINESSES Community Tourism Centres will be located in different communities in Jamaica and the Caribbean.The proposed plan is for these Community Tourism Centres, serving both local ….<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jamaica-Community-Tourism-Center.jpeg?fit=750%2C490&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562,"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitcommunities.com\/jamaica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ABOUT COUNTRYSTYLE COMMUNITY TOURISM NETWORK (CCTN)<\/h1>\n
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