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The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association is calling on Caribbean heads of government to convene a summit within six months on tourism issues impacting the region.

The last summit on tourism was held in July 2001.

"CHTA and the Caribbean hotel industry see an urgent need for a summit at the highest level to deal with a variety of issues adversely impacting tourism to our region," said Alec Sanguinetti, director general and CEO of CHTA.

Issues cited by CHTA include airlift, marketing, visitor security, human resource development, the environment and new ways to grow GDP.

Such a summit would enable the Caribbean to address global competition and return to the levels of success last seen in 2006, according to CHTA.