Antigua and Barbuda Selects New Junior Minister of Tourism

Janica Adams has been named the new Junior Minister of Tourism for Antigua and Barbuda coming out of the recent Tourism Youth Congress Competition held yesterday (Thurs) at the Sir John E St. Luce Financial Center.

Janica who hails from the Antigua and Barbuda College of Advanced Studies is a former Tourism Cadet and is also a Leeward Island debating champion, who stood out amongst 7 of her peers representing secondary schools across the island.

Mr. Pete Charles from the Sir Novelle Richards Academy took the first runner-up spot while Mr. Soleil Williams from the Antigua Grammar School came in second.

Students were required to prepare one of four tourism-related topics to discuss during the first round of the competition with 3 minutes to present while one mystery topic was put forward for discussion giving each participant one minute to prepare and another to present.

The winner of the local youth congress competition goes on to compete at a regional level at the CTO Youth Congress which is held in conjunction with the State of the Tourism Industry Conference, and brings together tourism ministers, policymakers, academics, and private-sector leaders from across the Caribbean. Competing at this level exposes students to high-level discussions on the future of regional tourism.