question is, given the impact of covid 19 on question is, given the impact of covid 19 on the question is, given the impact of covid 19 on the tourism i of covid 19 on the tourism sector, of covid 19 on the tourism sector, we of covid 19 on the tourism sector, we can t of covid 19 on the tourism sector, we can t only- of covid 19 on the tourism sector, we can t only rely. of covid 19 on the tourism i sector, we can t only rely on tourism sector, we can t only rely on tourism 50 sector, we can t only rely on tourism. so what sector, we can t only rely on tourism. so what other - sector, we can t only rely on tourism. so what other for l tourism. so what other for diversifying tourism. so what other for diversifying our tourism. so what other for diversifying our economy, | tourism. so what other for i diversifying our economy, for example diversifying our economy, for example fortifying i diversifying our economy, for| example fortifying agriculture to make example
the caribbean people because many people do not fully appreciate what is going to be required to do these things sustainably. covid 19, it taught us that we cannot rely on tourism. covid 19 taught us that the old model of tourism will not work in the long term. covid 19 taught us we have to be able to grow our own food, harvest our own fish in the region, we have to have a balanced approach. ashley? thank you balanced approach. ashley? thank you for balanced approach. ashley? thank you for the balanced approach. ashley? thank you for the question i thank you for the question again. thank you for the question again. i thank you for the question again, iagree thank you for the question again, i agree with you, mr minister again, i agree with you, mr minister. we really need to look minister. we really need to look at minister. we really need to look at a minister. we really need to look at a diversification of our look at a diversification of our economies, as it relates
question. i am the ministerfor environmental affairs and blue economy, the blue economy in itself is almost a paradox. i have been dealing with this for a long time. you want to preserve on the one hand lotion space and you want to produce at the same time affiliation space. these are conflicting ideas. how do you do that in a way that is sustainable? i have a view that we have to protect first of all the ocean space, we have two give credence to the idea that the climate matters, but there is more value i think, beyond extractive values. if you look at the ocean space, people believe all you can get as extraction. and that is not reality. there is value inherent to ocean in itself. so that tourism, when it comes to barbados, tourists have the opportunity to see a total, they have an opportunity to see a fish, and that is what you call inherent value. many people believe we ought to catch those turtles and catch those fish, it is going to require a long conversation with the barbadian
to our economy, to reduce their carbon footprints when they come. carbon footprints when they come, when our tourists come to barbados come, when our tourists come to barbados. ., come, when our tourists come to barbados- barbados. you are being very olite to barbados. you are being very polite to your barbados. you are being very polite to your minister - barbados. you are being very polite to your minister here. | barbados. you are being very| polite to your minister here. i mean what you really want to say to him is minister, is our tourism sustainable enough? is that right or not? that right or not? correct. minister- that right or not? correct. minister. we that right or not? correct. minister. we have - that right or not? correct. minister. we have had - that right or not? correct. minister. we have had a l that right or not? correct. - minister. we have had a model of tourism minister. we have had a model of tourism that minister. we have had a model of tourism t
ashley, we will come back to you want sustainable tourism. although we are speaking about the diversification of our economy, we still have to remember that barbados is heavily remember that barbados is heavily reliant on our tourism sector heavily reliant on our tourism sector 50 heavily reliant on our tourism sector. so when i am speaking to the sector. so when i am speaking to the diversification of our economies we have to look at, as a economies we have to look at, as a young economies we have to look at, as a young person we have to look as a young person we have to look at as a young person we have to look at those jobs in which we can get, look at those jobs in which we can get, those newjobs we can -et can get, those newjobs we can get from can get, those newjobs we can get from the tourism sector when get from the tourism sector when we get from the tourism sector when we are thinking about creating when we are thinking about creating those eco frien