HAMILTON, Barbados, Nation News – There is “an urgent need” for Caribbean Heads of Government to come together and meet on tourism. The Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) board of directors said a tourism summit needs to take place within the next six months to meet on issues “adversely impacting” the region. The last Heads Of Government Summit On Tourism was in July 2001. Alex Sanguinetti, director general and CEO of the CHTA, said in a Press release that there is “an urgent need for a summit meeting at the highest level to deal with a variety of issues adversely impacting tourism to our region. CHTA will work diligently to make this summit meeting a reality.”