ECOWAS REVISED TREATY telecommunications networksin order to provide reliable interconnection among Member States; b) complete, withdespatch, thesection of thepan-African telecommunications network situated in West Africa; c) co-ordinatetheir efforts with regard to the operation and maintenance of the West African portion of the pan-African telecommunications network and in the mobilisation of national and international financial resources. 3. Member States alsoundertake toencourage theparticipation of theprivate sector in offering postal andtelecommunications services, as a means of attaining the objectives set out in this Article. ARTICLE 34 TOURISM Forthepurposes of ensuring theharmonious andviable development of tourism within the Community, Member States undertake to: a) strengthen regional co-operation in tourism, particularly through: i) the promotion of intra-Community tourism by facilitating movement of travellers and tourists; ii) the harmonisation and co-ordination oftourism development policies, plans and programmes; iii) the harmonisation ofregulations governing tourism andhotel management activities; iv) the institution of a Communityreference framework for tourism statistics; and v) the joint promotion of tourism productsportrayingthe natural and sociocultural values of the region. b) promote the establishmentof efficient tourism enterprises to cater for the needs of the peoples of the region and foreign tourists through: i) the adoption of measures aimed at promoting investment in tourism and hotel management; ii) the promotion of the establishment in Member States of professional tourism and hotel management associations; 24