CARIBBEAN OFFICE OF TRADE&INDUSTRIALDEVELOPENT LIMITED began operations as a Sole Proprietorrendering assistance to SME ENERPRISES, BY Indentyfing the importation of goods and services of quality and cost that was significantly less on thenational import market and the import structure of the Caricom COMMUNITYMarket (CARICOM).In January 2008 the then CaribbeanOffice of Trade decided to extend its reach to become aLimited Liability Company. This was done. The main focus of the Company was thecontinuation of Trade and Tourism. The Company vision is to concentrate primarily on the importance for the protectionoftourists, regardless of their place of origination, religion, language or culture. True and realtourism is blind to such including political affiliation. Our Company see tourism as themovement of people across borders, respecting and honoring the laws of the Country ofwhich they are a guest. For indeed they are.Caribbean Office of Trade＆Industrial Development Limited has always advocated the needfor “Security in Tourism”. As the tourist intermingle with the hosts of the many countriesthey visit, they should not be victims of criminal activity or collateral damage to incidentsintroduced by citizens of the host country.The statistics is abundantly clear. Criminal activity that affect tourist are generally initiatedby citizens of the host country, unless the visiting tourists is in collusion.Our Company look forward to the expansion and developmentof the tourism industry in theCaribbean and Latin American. We see a major role to get this development going as theregion is more familiar with tourists from Europe and North America.Our Company has emphasized that the economies of the Caribbean and Latin America is ripe for the tourism thrust, since they lack most of the natural resources generally found in thedeveloped countries.