Good Practices in Tourism Awareness Programmes - Caribbean ...

Ministry seeks to generate a talent pool of bi-lingual, young professionals to service Bahamas’
tourism industry and economy.
Programme Feedback/Results
The Bahamas’ Adopt-A-School Programme was so successful that the Caribbean Hotel
Association mandated that all its members use it as a template to attract the brightest and best
talent from their school systems, encouraging them to pursue tertiary education and return
home for a career in the tourism field.
H.O.T.E.L- Initial challenges
At its inception H.O.T.E.L was inadequately funded and had to network with other agency
programs to stage events. Due to limited funding and time, the Debating Competitions were
never held and the two best speakers from the National Debate were selected by the Ministry of
Education, through its Student Affairs Division to participate in the Congress. The H.O.T.E.L
programme was upgraded and made more appealing when the Bahamas Hotel Association
agreed to filter its scholarship through the programme.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Ms. Ruth Ann Rolle
Manager
Tourism Youth Awareness
Bahamas Ministry of Tourism
King & George Streets, P.O. Box N-3701 Nassau, BAHAMAS
Telephone: (242) 326-5179 / (242) 322-1674
Fax: (242) 325-3412
Email: rrolle@bahamas.com
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