Bahamas elected to CTO chair
The Bahamas has been elected chair of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), with the election of Obie Wilchcombe as Minister of Tourism.
Minister Wilchcombe succeeds Barbados’s Minister Of Tourism and International Transport Richard Sealy.
It is his second time as chairman, having previously been elected to the position in 2002.
He will serve a two-year term.
"I intend to build upon what Richard began and I also intend to build on the relationship with the private sector," he said.
"I’ve always thought that CTO is the body that provides equity and we can; and the way is to speak with the same voice. We also have to deal with the issue of inter-regional travel."
The Bahamas minister will shortly name his appointee for the post of chairman of the CTO Board of Directors.
According to the CTO Constitution, the Board chairman and the chairman of the Council of Ministers and Commissioners of Tourism must come from the same member country.
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