Public Speaking Competition Final Runs Off In Ochi
(Staff Advisor at Manning’s School, Raymond Bingham (left), with winner of the 2023 Junior Tourism Minister Competition and student at The Manning’s School, Deja Bremmer and her mother, Karen Bremmer, after the finals a the Sandals Royal Plantation, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on August 21.)
A fifteen-year-old student of Manning’s High School, Westmoreland is the new Junior Minister of Tourism.
Deja Bremmer won the Junior Minister of Tourism Competition in an all-female showdown at the Sandals Royal Plantation in Ocho Rios, St. Ann.
Deja will now go on to represent Jamaica at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Youth Congress in Turks & Caicos, in October.
She defeated 17-year-old Excelsior High School student, Yeshima Thomas, who finished second, and 16-year-old José Martí Technical High’s Olivia Rodney, who came third.
As the new Junior Minister, Ms. Bremmer will be meeting with Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett; Director of Tourism, Donovan White, as well as other industry figures as part of her one-year reign. She will also participate in activities, such as the Tourism Awareness Week Youth Forum.
The public-speaking competition is open to students between 15 and 17 years of age, who must be members of their school’s Tourism Action Club to participate.
(Hotel Manager of Sandals Royal Plantation, Sheldon James, congratulates the finalists for their achievements in the 2023 Junior Tourism Minister Competition, at the Sandals Royal Plantation, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on August 21. )_
The topics for this year’s staging focused on wellness tourism, accessibility tourism and building a resilient and sustainable tourism workforce. The students were charged with the task of delivering a three-minute presentation on the topics.
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