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Contact:
John Emmanuel
Wednesday, June 11, 2003 – Form 4 students from six secondary schools on
the island have begun participating in a national debating competition, as the
Ministry of Tourism seeks out a representative for St. Lucia to serve as Junior
Tourism Minister, at the upcoming Caribbean Tourism Youth congress slated for
St. Thomas in October, 2003.
The initiative is being spearheaded by the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO),
as part of its annual Youth Awareness Tourism Programme. According to Deepa
Gidharry -Tourism Officer responsible for Education, “every year at the CTO’s
annual conference there is the Youth Tourism Congress where you have young
people from all over the Caribbean coming together and discussing different
issues pertinent to the tourism industry.”
The young people will discuss current issues like what’s affecting the industry
and the way forward for the industry. “The point is that when you have young
people like that coming together, it not only stimulates their interest and
improves their pubic speaking skills, but it’s also a way of generating new
ideas from the youth out there and that is always a welcome development, said
Gidharry.
The six participating schools are St. Mary’s College, Vieux Fort Comprehensive
Campus B, Micoud Secondary, Castries and Soufriere Comprehensive, and Corinth
Secondary. The finals of the competition will take place at the conference room
of the National Insurance Corporation headquarters in Castries on July, 19th
2003.
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