An Online course on Digital Promotion Tools was conducted during the months of April and May 2022. The workshop aimed to provide young people from the rural communities with basic knowledge on production and editing of audio-visual material to enable them to promote rural agribusiness, tourism, or agrotourism products and services.
Participants were selected in collaboration with partners Ya’axche Conservation Trust, San Antonio Women’s Cooperative and Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and Development.
The course was delivered by professors from the Universidad de Chile, Universidad Mayor and Universidad ARCIS, with experience in the production of audio-visual content.
As a final product of the training participants produced audio-visual materials (Videos) to promote the products and services offered by agritourism experiences in their communities.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean through its Regional initiative “1000 Digital Villages in LAC”, seeks to promote Sustainable Rural Agri Business & Tourism, using digital technologies for the management, promotion and sale of services and related products.
In November the 1000 Digital Villages initiative will host a virtual fair. Within this fair, spaces for “virtual stands” will be provided for selected participants to promote their rural tourism experiences. In the case of Belize, the “Maya cultural visit” experience has been selected to showcased and participate in a virtual stand during the fair.
Videos of Participants are as follows:
Big Falls Village : Maya Cultural Visit- Edward Bardalez
San Miguel Village: Historical and Mayan Site Tours Maya Cultural Visit- Dwayne Cus
Sarteneja: Corozal Bay Eco Adventures Eco Tourism- Ivandi Perez
Punta Gorda: Eco Toursim Belize Maya Cultural Visit -Nathaniel Castillo
Punta Gorda: Eco Toursim Belize Maya Cultural Visit -Sayuri Tzul
San Antonio Village: San Antonio womens group Maya Pottery experience-Keira Mesh
San Antonio Village: San Antonio womens group Maya Pottery experience -Cindy Coc
San Antonio: San Antonio womens group Maya Pottery experience -Sarita Mai