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September 15, 2008

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date to represent The Bahamas at the Ca-
ribbean-wide contest based on her entry of
the essay topic [f you could share a secret
about your island with someone visiting for
the first time, what would it be?

She reveals, “All aboard! Prepare your-
self for an enchanting tour through Great
Abaco. If I could share a secret with a first
time visitor, it would be that Abaco is not
just a sun, sand and sea brand, but it’s an
eco-tourist wonderland.” Adrianne spoke
of the blue holes, the Spanish Barb’s, the
Sawmill Sink, the Abaco National Park
and other adventurous activities that visi-
tors to Abaco would find memorable and
enjoyable.

By being named the country’s final-
ist, Adrianne and her school have
become the recipients of prizes and
a cash award which includes an all
expense paid trip to Port of Spain,
Trinidad, to attend the Caribbean
Tourism Organization Conference
on October 25th-29th. At the con-
ference Adrianne will join other
finalists from the Caribbean coun-
tries where they all will attend an
exclusive reception, an educational
island tour and the annual awards
ceremony where the Editor-in-Chief
of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine
will announce the grand prize win-
ner and the two runners-up.

From Page 4

Junior Tourism

Minister for Abaco
By Mirella Santillo

In 2002 an educational program spon-
sored by the Ministry of Tourism was ini-
tiated in New Providence and adopted by
the Caribbean Tourism Organization the
following year. The program emerged as
a result of the Caribbean Tourism Organi-
zation’s Youth Initiative that required the
Caribbean countries to send a representa-
tive to the Youth Congress. A high school
student was to be chosen according to his/
her academic performance and vision con-
cerning tourism in The Bahamas as part of
Caricom and become a Junio r Minister of
Tourism for one year.

To become a Junior Minister a student

   

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Marcus Sands, a student at St. Francis de Sales
School, won an essay competition sponsored by
the Caribbean Tourism Organization earning the
title of Junior Minister of Tourism for Abaco.

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had to participate in several elimination
steps the first of which was composing
an essay. If the grades were satisfactory,
the second step involved having an inter-
view with officials from the Ministry of
To urism. The grades from the first and
second step were then combined, and the
students with the top grades took part in
the final step, a speech competition. The

overall best student showing leadership
skills, outstanding personality, possessing
the ability to communicate and debate ef-
fectively and having a cumulative GPA of
3 points or above was to be chosen.

In October of 2007, the program was
extended to Abaco. Ms. Millie Dawkins,

Please see School Page 10

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