NEW TOURISM MINISTER HENDERSON CALLS FOR STRONG START IN UPCOMING SEASON — By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Thursday 25th August 2022) — New Minister of Tourism Hon. Marsha Henderson is encouraging the efforts of all stakeholders in starting the upcoming season strong. Speaking at a meeting with taxi and tour operators on Wednesday 24th August 2022 at the Royal St. Kitts Hotel in Frigate Bay, she thanked them for their resilience over the past two years and encouraged them to look towards the future. “It is important my friends and partners that we start the upcoming season strong. St. Kitts-Nevis have been the best in the region, and we want to ensure that that is maintained as this is going to determine how we go forward. Innovation definitely is the key to refreshing our tourism product. We must be willing and ready to identify new products and to rebrand and repackage existing ones to make them more appealing and to keep our destination competitive and fresh,” she stated.
“Clearly there is need for innovation right now — diversify the product. We need to venture more out of cruise tourism and there is need for stayover. We need agrotourism and I see the team has a lot of plans and I look forward to making that happen.” Of her first eight days in office: “It has been exciting. I’ve been learning a lot. I met the most fantastic team in place, and they are making it easy for me. I realize that I have a whole lot to get done but generally I’m enjoying it. Stakeholders are keen as well and are eager to work and partner with the ministry and authority.”
NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER DUGGINS MEETS STAFF DURING WALKTHROUGH — August 23, 2022
The Honourable Samal Duggins, newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources, Cooperatives, Creative Economy and Entrepreneurship, met with staff at both Departments of Agriculture and Marine Resources on Tuesday 23rd August 2022. He said: “I must say it’s been a wonderful tour especially on the heels of my trip to Trinidad where I participated in the CARICOM Agri Expo 2022. I’m excited to get started here because there’s so much to do given the ultimate target set by CARICOM to reduce our food import bill by 25% by 2025. I feel very confident that the 25 by 25 will be met in St. Kitts and Nevis — we currently stand at about 15% production for our entire consumption. We need to move that down and my goal as a Minister is to exceed that target because I see we have competent staff to do it, we do have fertile lands to do it, and it’s just a matter of applying the right technical and financial resources.”