PROMOTION OF TOURISM.

SEC. 232. PROMOTION OF TOURISM. (a) Congressional Finding.— The Congress finds that the tourism industry must be recognized as a central element in the economic development and political stability of the Caribbean Basin region because of the potential that the industry has for increasing employment and foreign exchange earnings, establishing important link-ages with other related sectors, and having a positive complementary effect on trade with the United States. (b) Federal Agency Priority.— It is the sense of the Congress that increased tourism and related activities should be developed in the Caribbean Basin region as a central part of the Caribbean Basin Initiative program and, to that end, the appropriate agencies of the United States Government should assign a high priority to projects that promote the tourism industry in the Caribbean Basin. (c) Study.— The Secretary of Commerce shall complete the study begun in 1986 regarding tourism development strategies for the Caribbean Basin region. The study shall include— (1) information on the mutual benefits received by the United States and the Caribbean Basin economies as a result of tourist activity in the area; and (2) proposals for developing increased linkages between the tourism industry and local industries in the region such as the agrobusiness.