Ibero-American Tourism Forum: Asfura seeks to make sector a driver of growth in Honduras

Honduran President Nasry 'Tito' Asfura declared a clear vision to transform tourism into a leading engine for the nation's economic growth. He made these remarks at the inauguration of the III Ibero-American Tourism Forum in San Pedro Sula, a significant event bringing together over a thousand participants from various sectors.

The forum aims to foster discussions on promoting investment projects that offer legal certainty and transparency. President Asfura emphasized his administration's commitment to an agenda centered on infrastructure development, enhanced connectivity, human talent training, and facilitating investment. He stressed the vital role of the private sector as the engine for national development, essential for generating wealth and employment opportunities.

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We are promoting a national agenda based on infrastructure, connectivity, human talent training, and ease of investment. I have no doubt that if we do not understand that the private sector is the engine of a country's development, we will not have the means to move it forward, generate wealth, and create employment opportunities.

Asfura highlighted the government's efforts to address emerging challenges by creating an environment conducive to investment, ensuring confidence, legal security, and clear rules for investors. Tourism currently generates nearly $1 billion annually for Honduras, a nation of ten million people where over 60% live in poverty and more than three million are unemployed or underemployed.

The forum, organized by the Ibero-American Business Council (CEIB), is expected to leave a significant legacy. Narciso Casado, CEIB's permanent secretary, thanked President Asfura for hosting the event. The Spanish Ambassador to Honduras, Guillermo Escribano Manzano, noted that the forum's discussions would contribute valuable content to the upcoming 16th Ibero-American Business Meeting, preceding the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government in Madrid.

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We are promoting emerging challenges by creating conditions that allow for investment development, projects with confidence, legal certainty, and transparency, with clear rules for investment.