Bahamas tourism minister Obie Wilchcombe, has been elected chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and will serve for a two-year term.
This is deja vu for Wilchcombe who previously served as CTO chairman more than a decade ago.
He was officially named at the CTO annual general meeting and replaces Barbados’ minister of tourism Richard Sealy.
"I intend to build upon what Richard began and I also intend to build on the relationship with the private sector. The CTO is the body that provides equity and we can. We also have to deal with the issue of inter-regional travel," Wilchcombe said.
Outgoing chairman Sealy called for an expansion in membership of the CTO and said the region is still on track to record 30 million arrivals this year.
