Honduras is the development of ethnic tourism

Honduras promote ethnic tourism, as this industry has the third largest foreign exchange earner for Honduras in 2005, plus great coffee and bananas. According to Green Travel Digest in 2005, the tourism industry received $ 431 million revenue stream for Honduras. The three fastest growing tourist destinations in the country of Copan, Roatan and the Bay concentrate Body Chorti Maya peoples, Afro-Caribbean and Garifuna population. However, these ethnic groups is a relatively small part in the tourism industry. In this sense, an autonomous fund investigated by the IDB for projects that are of CARE International, is based, managed by a network of three companies established by members of the three ethnic communities on the property. The project will be part of technical assistance and microloans to 500 companies belonging to ethnic minorities, and to train 45 people as trainers of tourism. The Multilateral Investment Fund Inter-American Development Bank today announced a grant of $ 1373386 for this project, the participation of companies in the tourism sector to promote ethnic minorities in Honduras. Poputchik.ru