(Nassau, Bahamas) – Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe called for a tourism revolution on Thursday, July 19 as he gave a charge to new graduates of the Ministry of Tourism’s BahamaHost training program.
Minister Wilchcombe was speaking at his first BahamaHost graduation since returning as Minister of Tourism this year. He told graduates that the revolution has already begun with his Ministry, which will soon make announcements about some of its new initiatives.
“I am very happy to tell all of you that in a couple of weeks, we are going to be making some very big announcements, some big announcements that will reshape tourism, that will change some of the things that will cause new business to come to our country, that will be a whole new day because we have taken some revolutionary steps, and we will cause some things to happen that no other country in the region is doing right now,” Minister Wilchcombe said to applause. “Because we got to work immediately after elections to cause these things to happen.”
Minister Obie Wilchcombe addresses the latest group of BahamaHost graduates. (Photo: Derek Smith/BIS)
Minister Wilchcombe called on all Bahamians to join in the fight for a better tourism product and a better nation. He said all residents must take on a role for positive change.
“All of us in this country have to begin to take internal looks at who we are, appreciate that it starts with me, appreciate that we could change this nation, that we can reduce some of the problems and that we could cause things to happen,” he said.
Minister Wilchcombe presided over the graduation ceremony for 625 participants. The graduation, which added to a total of more than 35,000 BahamaHost graduates over more than three decades, was held at the Church of God Auditorium, Joe Farrington Road.
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