Haiti’s Minister of Tourism, Herrick Dessources, urged all stakeholders in the country to look at the role of this economic activity in the Caribbean country from a new perspective.
Despite security problems and socioeconomic chaos, it is still possible to maintain certain vitality in this sphere, even if modest, that allows professionals to continue their work, the minister emphasized.
“Tourism offers the opportunity for service providers to continue receiving visitors in these difficult times,” he emphasized.
This crisis, he emphasized, offers a unique opportunity to build the solid foundations of a renewed and more vigorous tourism industry.
Before the deterioration of security, Haiti received up to 1.33 million tourists per year. This figure shows the country’s potential under the right conditions, according to the headline in the newspaper Le Nouvelliste.
Dessources regretted that more than fifty restaurants and hotels in Port-au-Prince are directly affected.
He also noted that about 2,000 jobs linked to the smokeless industry have been negatively impacted, either through job cuts or wage cuts.
The minister expressed his intention to reactivate public investment in the sector, while working to attract private capital, with the goal of sustainably boosting the tourism sector. (https://www.plenglish.com/news/2025/07/03/haitis-tourism-bet-on-a-new-vision/)
