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| Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina | Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Bolivia | Brazil | Canada | Chile| Colombia | Costa Rica | Dominica | Dominican Republic| Ecuador | El Salvador | Grenada| Guatemala | Guyana | Haiti | Honduras | Jamaica | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | Paraguay | Peru| St. Kitts and Nevis| St. Lucia | St. Vincent and the Grenadines| Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago| United States | Uruguay | Venezuela |

Antigua and Barbuda

Morlwyn Joseph
Minister
Ministry of Tourism & Culture
Queen Elizabeth Highway
St. John's
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
West Indies
Tel: (268) 462-0787
Fax: (268) 462-2483
          E-mail: info@antigua-barbuda.org
           Internet:
                 http://www.interknowledge.com/antigua-barbuda/

Argentina

Ing. Hernán Lombardi
Secretario de Turismo
Lic. Carlos Ernesto Gutierrez
Director Nacional de Economía Turística y Relaciones Institucionales
Lic. Pedro Neiff
Director de Relaciones Internacionales
Secretaría de Turismo de Argentina
Suipacha 1111 Piso 20
Codigo Postal 1368
Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
Tel: (541-14) 311-4819/6800
Fax: (541-14) 313-6834/313-6834/ 311-2500 (manual)
          E-mail:  magnani@sectur.gov.ar
                        or  iroza@sectur.gov.ar
         Internet: http://www.sectur.gov.ar

Bahamas

C.A. Smith
Minister
Ministry of Tourism
PO Box N-3701
Nassau
COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS
Tel: (242) 322-7500/04
Fax: (242) 322-4041
          E-mail: tourism@batelnet.bs
          Internet: http://www.interknowledge.com/bahamas/
 
Marketing Department
Phillippa Moss
Marketing Manager
Fax: (242) 325-2212

Barbados

Billie A. Miller
Deputy Prime Minister
Min. of Foreign Affairs, Tourism & Int'l Transport
Sherbourne Conference Center
2 Mile Hill
Bridgetown, St. Michael
BARBADOS
West Indies
Tel: (246) 436-4825/2990
Fax: (246) 429-6652
Tourism Department
Tel: (246) 430-7500
Fax: (246) 436-4828

          Mr. Earlyn Shuffler
          President
          Barbados Tourism Authority
          (Marketing Division of Tourism)
          Harbour Road, P.O. Box 242
          Bridgetown
          BARBADOS
          West Indies
          Tel: (242) 427-2623/4
          Fax: (246) 426- 4080
          E-mail: info@axses.net
          Internet: http://www.barbados.org/

Belize

Henry Young
Minister
Ministry of Tourism & the Environment
Belmopan
Belize City
BELIZE
Central America
Tel: (501) 823-393/4
Fax: (501) 823-815
E-mail: envirodept@btl.net
Internet: http://www.turq.com/belize.html

Mr. Kevin Gonzalez
Director of Tourism
Ms. Valerie Woods
Deputy Director
Belize Tourist Board
83 North Front Street
Belize City
BELIZE
Central America
Tel: (501-2) 77-213
Fax: (501-2) 77-490
Internet: http://www.belizenet.com/btbdirectory
 

Bolivia

Edgard Torres Sarabia
Ministro de Turismo
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior e Inversión
Palacio de Comunicaciones Piso 17
La Paz
BOLIVIA
Tel: (591-2) 34-3519
Fax: (591-2) 34-7451
          Internet: http://www.jaguar.pg.cc.md.us/turismo.html
Juan Quesada
Vice Ministro de Turismo
Tel: (591-2) 35-8213/0969; 36-7463
Fax: (591-2) 37-4630
Lic. Oscar Angel Jordán Bacigalupo
Director General de Turismo
Fax: (591-2) 37-4630

Brazil

Roseau Botafogo de Goncaldes
Ministro do Turismo
Ministerio da Industria do Comercio e do Turismo
Esplanada dos Ministerios
Blocos J-6o. Andar
CEP 70065-900 Brasilia-DF
BRAZIL
Tel: (55-61) 329-7000
Fax: (55-61) 329-7075
Secretaría do Comercio e do Serviço
Tel: (55-61) 329-7955/60
Fax: (55-61) 329-7060
EMBRATUR
Setor Comercial Norte
Quadra 02 Bloco "G"
CEP 70710-500 Brasilia-DF
BRAZIL
Tel: (55-61) 328-9100
Fax: (55-61) 328-3517
E-mail: rio@embratur.gov.br
Internet: http://www.embratur.gov.br

Canada

Doug Fyfe
President
Canadian Tourism Commission
235 Queen Street 8th Floor West Tower
Ottawa, ON K1A OH6
CANADA
Main Tel: (613) 946-1000
Tel: (613) 954-3830/31
Fax: (613) 952-9014
          E-mail: ctc.cct@ic.gc.ca
          Internet: http://www.canadatourism.com
 
T.Penney
Director of Marketing Operations
Tel: (613) 954-3874
Fax: (613) 954-3988

Chile

César Gómez Viveros
Director Nacional de Turismo
Servicio Nacional de Turismo (SERNATUR)
Avda. Providencia 1550
Santiago
CHILE
Tel: (562) 236-1418/19/20
Fax: (562) 236-1417
E-Mail: sernatur@ctc-mundo.net
Internet: http://www.segegob.cl/sernatur/inicio.html

Colombia

Ismael Enrique Arciniegas Largacha
Vice Ministro de Turismo
Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico
Carrera 13 No. 2801 Pisos 5
Apartado Aéreo #3412
Santafé de Bogotá
COLOMBIA
Tel: (571) 283-9460; 284-3409/0776
Fax: (571) 284-1001
          Internet: http://www.presidencia.gov.co/
Dra. Maria Elvira Riveros Reina
Jefe Estudios Especiales y Relaciones Internacionales
Vice Ministerio de Turismo
Calle 28 N.13A 15 Piso 17
Santafé de Bogotá
COLOMBIA
Fax: (571) 243-8420

Costa Rica

Eduardo León Páez
Presidente Ejecutivo
Cecilia Sánchez
Gerente
Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT)
          Calle 5 y 7. Avenida Cuarta. Edificio Genaro Valverde.
          Piso Nº 10
Apartado 777-1000
San José
COSTA RICA
Tel: (506) 233-0664; 223-9429
Fax: (506) 223-5107
E-Mail:  promo@tourism-costarica.com
         or  info@tourism-costarica.com
Internet: http://www.tourism-costarica.com
Melchor Marcos
Director de Planificación
Dirección de Planificación
Fax: (506) 223-5107; 255-4997
          E-mail: ictplani@sol.racsa.co.cr
 
Departamento de Promoción
Tel: (506) 223-8423
Fax: (506) 223-5452

Dominica

Norris Prevost
Minister
Ministry of Tourism Ports & Employment
Government Headquarters
Kennedy Avenue
Roseau
DOMINICA
West Indies
Tel: (809) 448-2401
Fax: (809) 448-5200
Division of Tourism Information
          Sheridan G. Gregoire
          General Manager of NDC
          Dominica National Development Corporation
          (Subsidiary of Ministry)
          Valley Road
          P.O. Box 293
          Roseau
          West Indies
          Fax: (809) 448-5840
          E-mail: ndctourism@cwdom.dm
          Internet: http://www.dominica.dm/

Dominican Republic

Félix Jiménez
Secretario de Estado de Turismo
Secretaría de Estado de Turismo
          Luis Simó
Subsecretario de Estado de Turismo
Ave. México Esq. Avda. 30 de Marzo
Edif. Oficinas Gubernamentales Bloque "D"
Santo Domingo
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Tel: (809) 221-4660/61
Fax: (809) 682-3806
          E-mail: sectur@codetel.net.do
          Internet: http://www.mh102.infi.net/~domrep/

Ecuador

Ing. José Luis Icaza
Ministro
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Insdustrialización, Pesca y Turismo
Eloy Alfaro 214 y Carlos Tovar
Quito
ECUADOR
Tel: (593-2) 224-970/5101/8304
Fax: (593-2) 229-330/ 228-983
          Internet: http://mia/ac.net/mintur/
Dr. Juan de Dios Morales
Viceministro de Turismo
Fax: (593-2) 229-151
         
          Jacqueline Grard V.
Directora Ejecutiva
          Corporación Ecuatoriana de Turismo (CETUR)
Av. Eloy Alfaro N32-300 y Carlos Tovar
          Quito
ECUADOR
          Tel: (593-2) 507-560/62/63; 567-651; 553-965
Fax: (593-2) 507-564
E-mail: ecuainfo@interactive.net.ec
          Internet: http://www.cetur.org
 

El Salvador

Edgardo Suárez Mallagray
Ministro
Corporación Salvadoreña de Turismo
Blvd. Del Hipódromo # 508
Pasaje 12, Col. San Benito
San Salvador
EL SALVADOR
Tel: (503) 243-7835/36/37/38
Fax: (503) 243-0427
E-Mail: mturismo@ejje.com (Presidencia)
        or corsatur@salnet.net
          Internet: http://www.elsalvadorturismo.gob.sv
 
Lic. Rafael Chavez
Subgerente de Mercadeo y Promoción Internacional
Departamento de Mercadeo y Promoción Internacional
Tel: (503) 243-7835/36/37/38
Fax: (503) 243-0427

Grenada

Mrs. Brenda Hood
Minister
Ministry of Tourism
The Carenage
St. George's
GRENADA
Tel: (473) 440-0366/67/73
Fax: (473) 440-0443
 
Mrs. Theresa La Touche
Deputy Director of Tourism
Ann Marie Marecheau
Head of Marketing and Development
The Grenada Board of Tourism
Burns Point
St. George's
GRENADA
West Indies
Tel: (473) 440-1346/2279/2001/3377
Fax: (473) 440-6637
E-mail:  gbt@caribsurf.com
Internet:
         http://www.interknowledge.com/grenada/index.html

Guatemala

Roberto Robles
Director
Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo (INGUAT)
7a. Avenida 1-17, Zona 4 Centro Cívico
Guatemala
GUATEMALA
Tel: (502) 331-1333/47
Fax: (502) 331-8893/4416
E-mail: inguat@guate.net
Internet: http://www.travel-guatemala.org.gt
          or http://www.infovia.com.gt/inguat

Guyana

Michael Shree Chan
Senior Minister
Ministry of Trade, Tourism & Industry
229 South Road
Lacytown
Georgetown
South America
GUYANA
Tel: (592-2) 62-506; 54-527
Fax: (592-2) 54-310; 65-384
          Internet: http://www.turq.com/guyana.html

         Tourism Association of Guyana
         228 South Road
         Lacytown
         Georgetown
         GUYANA
         South America
         Tel: (592-2) 50-807
         Fax: (592-2) 50-817

Haiti

Maryse Penette
Secretaire d'État du Tourisme
Office National du Tourisme
Avenue Marie Jeanne 1 Cité de l'Exposition
Port-au-Prince
HAITI
Tel: (509) 23-5631/2143
Fax: (509) 23-5359/88
Internet: http://www.haititourisme.com/
     

Honduras

Norman García
Ministro de Turismo
Instituto Hondureño de Turismo
Apartado Postal #3261 Ave. Ramón Ernesto Cruz
Edificio Europa Piso 5
Tegucigalpa
HONDURAS
Tel: (504) 238-3974; 222-1183; 222-2124
          Fax: (504) 238-2102
E-Mail: ihturism@hondutel.hn
          Internet: http://www.turq.com/honduras.html
 
Kenia de Zapata
Gerente de Mercadeo
Departamento de Mercadeo
Tel/Fax: (504) 222-6621
Lic. Tatiana Sierke
Gerente de Planeamiento y Desarrollo
Tel/Fax: (504) 222-7752

Jamaica

Francis Tulloch
Minister of Tourism
Office of the Prime Minister (Tourism)
PCJ Bldg. 36 Trafalgar Road
Kingston 10
JAMAICA
West Indies
Tel: (876) 929-8990
Fax: (876) 960-1623

México

Oscar Espinosa Villareal
Secretario de Turismo
Secretaría de Turismo de México, Piso 8
Tel: (525) 250-8606/8228/8213/8800
Fax: (525) 250-4406
Pedro Hoth
Director General
Dirección General de Asuntos Internacionales
Secretaría de Turismo
Presidente Mazaryk no. 172 Piso 11
Col. Polanco, Deleg. Miguel Hidalgo
11587, México, D.F.
MÉXICO
Tel: (525) 203-8854/ 205-8555 ext. 284
Fax: (525) 254-8923
          Internet: http://www.mexico-travel.com
Ricardo Hernández Barajas
Subdirector de Estadística
Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Turístico
Dirección General de Política Turística
Dirección del Sistema Integral de Información Turística
Presidente Masaryk No. 172 Piso 10
Col. Chapultepec Morales
11587, México, D.F.
MÉXICO
Tel: (525) 250-7408/8555 ext.260
Fax: (525) 254-2771
 
Lic. Carlos Ortegas Carricarte
Director General de Mercadotecnia
Secretaría de Turismo (2ª oficina)
Mariano Escobedo 726
Delegación Miguel Hidalgo
11590, México, D.F.
MÉXICO
Tel: (525) 254-8905
Fax: (525) 545-6485
Patricia Hechenique de Hoglund
Directora de Imágen y Publicidad de Mercadotecnia
Dirección General de Mercadotecnia
Subdirección de Promoción Turística
Tel: (525) 254-8910
Fax: (525) 254-0942

Nicaragua

Arq. Lorenzo Guerrero
Presidente
Instituto Nicaraguense de Turismo (INTUR)
 
Lic. Ausberto Narvaez
         Vice Ministro
Ministerio de Turismo
Hotel Inter Continental
1 cuadra al Oeste
1 cuadra al Sur
Apartado 122
Managua,  NICARAGUA
Tel: (505) 223-333/962; 228-1238; 228-1337
Fax: (505) 226-618; 271-178; 226-672; 228-1187
         E-mail: promo@nicanet.com.ni or promo@intur.com.ni
         Internet: http://www.intur.gob.ni
 
Ana Maria Holmann
Asistente de Promoción
Dirección de Promoción y Gestión Internacional
Tel: (505) 223-333/962
Fax: (505) 226-618/ 271-178/ 226-672

Panama

Lic. Liriola Pitti de Córdoba
Gerente General
Instituto Panameño de Turismo (IPAT)
Apartado Postal 4421 Zona 5
Panamá
PANAMA
Tel: (507) 226-4614
Fax: (507) 226-5043 (Gerencia Principal)
(507) 226-3483 (Dirección Administrativa)
E-Mail: jorged@keops.utp.ac.pa  
Internet: http://www.ipat.gob.pa/

Paraguay

Hugo Catáldo Carrizo
Director de Turismo y Presidente del Consejo
Dirección General de Turismo
Calles Palma 468 entre Alberdi y 14 de Mayo
Asunción
PARAGUAY
Tel: (595-21) 441-530/620
Fax: (595-21) 491-230
E-Mail: mopc@mopc.gov.py
Internet: http://www.mopc.gov.py

Perú

Ing. Juan Carlos Hurtado Miller
Ministro
Ministerio de Industria, Turismo, Integración y Negociaciones Comerciales Internacionales
Calle 1 Oeste No. 50-60
CORPAC, San Isidro, Piso 17
Lima, 27
PERU
Tel: (511) 224-3261/3282
Fax: (511) 224-3362/3144
         E-mail: mvesga@mitinci.gob.pe
         Internet: http://www.mitinci.gob.pe/
Jose Miguel Gamarra
Vice Ministro de Turismo
Tel: (511) 224-3269
Fax: (511) 224-3236
          E-mail: jmgamarra@mitinci.gob.pe
 
Maria del Rocio Vesga
Directora Nacional de Turismo
Dirección Nacional de Turismo
Fax: (511) 224-3236
Sra. Beatriz Boza
Presidente PromPeru
Srta. Ivette Acuna Escobar
Jefe de Promoción
Tel: (511) 224-3126
Fax: (511) 224-3113

St. Kitts and Nevis

Dwyer Astaphan
Minister
Ministry of Tourism, Culture & Environment
Pelican Shopping Mall
P.O. Box 132
Bassetter
ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
          West Indies
Tel: (809) 465-2620/4040
Fax: (809) 465-8794
E-mail: mintc&e@caribsurf.com (Dept. of Tourism)
Internet: http://www.interknowledge.com/stkitts-nevis
 
Ms. Elmeador Brookes
Director of Tourism Nevis Tourism Bureau
Main Street
Charlestown
NEVIS
West Indies
Tel: (869) 469-1042
Fax: (869) 469-1066

St. Lucia

Philipp J. Pierre
Minister
Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation & Int'l Finance Service
3rd Floor
NIS Building
Waterfront Block A
Castries
ST. LUCIA
West Indies
Tel: (758) 451-6849
Fax: (758) 451-7414
 
Maria Fowell
Deputy Director, Marketing
St. Lucia Tourist Board
P.O. Box 221, Point Seraphine
Castries
ST. LUCIA
West Indies
Tel: (758) 452-5968/4094
Fax: (758) 453-1121
E-mail: slutour@candw.lc
Internet: http://www.interknowledge.com/st-lucia/index.html

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Allen Cruickshank
Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tourism & Information
Administrative Center, Bay Street
Kingstown
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
West Indies
Tel: (809) 457-1502
Fax: (809) 456-2610
          E-mail: tourism@calypso.com
          Internet: http://www.turq.com/stvincent
Mr.Brendan Browne
Permanent Secretary
Tel: (809) 456-2060
Fax: (809) 456-2610

Suriname

Dick de Bie
Minister
Ministry of Transport, Comm. & Tourism
Prins Hendrikstraat, 26-28
Paramaribo
SURINAME
Tel: (597) 420-422
Fax: (597) 420-425
 
Delano 't Zand
Marketing Manager STF
Suriname Tourism Foundation
Dr.J.F. Nassylaan 2
P.O. Box 656
Paramaribo
SURINAME
South America
Tel: (597) 410-357
Fax: (597) 477-786
E-mail: stsur@sur.net

Trinidad & Tobago

Brian Kuei Tung
Minister
Ministry of Finance and Tourism
Level 8, Eric Williams Finance Building
Eric Williams Plaza, Independence Square
Port-of-Spain
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
West Indies
Tel: (868) 627-9700/9675/9692
Fax: (868) 627-6108
Mrs. T. Reyes
Permanent Secretary
Level 19
Tel: (868) 627-2583
Fax: (868) 627-6108

          Dr. Carla Noel
          Vice President & Director of Tourism
          Tourism & Industrial Development Company of
          Trinidad &Tobago Limited              
          10-14 Phillips Street
          Port-of-Spain
          TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
          West Indies
          Tel: (868) 623-1932/4
          Fax: (868) 623-3848
          E-mail: tourism-info@tidco.co.tt
          Internet: http://www.tidco.co.tt

United States

Leslie Doggett
Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Tourism Industries
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room #1860
14 and Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20230 USA
Tel: (202) 482-0140
Fax: (202) 482-4279/2887

Uruguay

Benito Stern
Ministro
Ministerio de Turismo
Av. Libertador Piso 5 Brig. General Lavalleja 1409
Montevideo 11100
URUGUAY
Tel: (598-2) 916-773/ 472-110
Fax: (598-2) 902-1624
         E-mail: cecom@turismo.gub.uy
         Internet: http://www.turismo.gub.uy

Venezuela

Arq. Maria Eugenia Loriente
Viceministro de Turismo
Corporación de Turismo de Venezuela
Avenida Lecuna, Piso 37
Parque Central Torre Oeste
Caracas
VENEZUELA
Tel: (582) 573-6408
Fax: (582) 574-2220
         E-mail: sgraltur@platinogov.ve
         Internet:  
                 http://www.venezuela.mit.edu/embassy/dorado/index.html
           

          Mr. César Narango Ruiz
          Vice Presidente
          Tel: (582) 574-2524
          Fax: (582) 574-2679           

          Lic. Carlos Espert
          Dirección General de Asuntos Internacionales
          Tel: (582) 507-8656
          Fax: (582) 574-3909           

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