WASHINGTON, DC - Badan Pembangunan Internasional AS (USAID) lan mitra Yunani, Hellenic Aid, kerja sama kanggo ngrangsang ekonomi ing Eropa Tenggara liwat pariwisata. Loro agensi kasebut sarujuk kanggo nglumpukake sumber daya kanggo nambah bisnis, produk lan layanan sing nampung pengunjung, uga infrastruktur kanggo ndhukung ekonomi sing berkembang, kayata sistem energi lan sanitasi. Kemitraan kasebut bakal nyengkuyung investasi bisnis Amerika lan Yunani ing wilayah kasebut.

USAID lan Hellenic Aid nggarap 15 perusahaan bebarengan karo kamar dagang lokal lan organisasi nonpemerintah kanggo nggunakake dhukungan teknis lan keahlian tangan sing dibutuhake kanggo ngrangsang perdagangan turis. Pakar AS lan Yunani babagan kabeh saka konstruksi jaringan listrik menyang pendhidhikan lingkungan kanggo kerajinan, cinderamata, perhotelan lan bisnis pertanian bakal disewa.

Rencana kasebut gumantung marang industri pariwisata sing berkembang kanggo ngasilake lapangan kerja kanthi mbukak akeh komunitas, wisata budaya lan alam ing wilayah kasebut menyang pasar regional lan global. Iku leans banget kanggo nggawe insentif kanggo narik kawigaten garis pelayaran, hotel, restoran, pemilik resort lan komponen industri wisata liyane kanggo nggabungake kemitraan, saiki fokus ing Albania lan wilayah lor Montenegro.

"Wilayah iki nduweni pesisir sing nggumunake lan interior sing apik banget karo jurang kanggo arung jeram lan gunung kanggo eko-pariwisata," ujare Thomas Mefford, wakil asisten administrator USAID kanggo Eropa lan Eurasia sing rembugan karo Yunani kanggo mbentuk kemitraan. "Wong Yunani duwe minat kanggo ngembangake Balkan. Iku latar mburi omahe.”

"USAID saiki rembugan karo pamaréntah Italia kanggo gabung karo aliansi Amerika-Yunani ing Balkan kanggo pungkasanipun nyebar pariwisata ing saindhenging wilayah Adriatik," ngandika Mefford.

Rakyat Amerika, liwat Badan Pembangunan Internasional AS, wis nyedhiyakake bantuan ekonomi lan kamanungsan ing saindenging jagad meh 50 taun.

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The two agencies have agreed to pool their resources to improve businesses, products and services that accommodate visitors, as well as the infrastructure to support a growing economy, such as energy and sanitation systems.
“USAID is currently negotiating with the Italian government to join the American-Greek alliance in the Balkans to eventually spread tourism throughout the Adriatic region,”.
USAID and Hellenic Aid are working with 15 companies along with local chambers of commerce and nongovernmental organizations to harness the technical support and hands-on expertise needed to stimulate the tourist trade.