MISS ADE CUSHNIE SELECTED AS 2024 JUNIOR MINISTER OF TOURISM  

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos – Friday, 26 July 2024: The Ministry of Tourism is pleased to announce that Miss Ade Cushnie of Precious Treasures School has been selected as Junior Minister of Tourism for the Turks and Caicos Islands. Additionally, the Ministry wishes to thank Mr. Kiaje Williams of Clement Howell High School for his tenure as past Junior Minister of Tourism. 

Miss Cushnie’s selection was based on her representation of her school and later the country at the National Tourism Debate Competition, licensed under the Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture in general and the Department of Education in particular as a collaborative with the Ministry of Tourism. It is the region’s premier high school debating competition. Miss Cushnie’s team placed second to the British Virgin Islands in the Regional Tourism Debate Competition finals. This competition acted as a qualifier for participation in the Tourism Youth Congress.

The Hon. Josephine Connolly, Minister of Tourism, conveyed her delight in congratulating Miss Cushnie, the recently selected Junior Minister of Tourism for the Turks and Caicos Islands. She also remarked that the choice of this individual for the prestigious position serves as a recognition of their dedication, passion, and outstanding leadership in promoting innovative thinking among our youth within the tourism industry.

Miss Cushnie will go on to represent the Turks and Caicos Islands at the Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s (CTO) Regional Tourism Youth Congress; this year’s session will be held in the Cayman Islands. The Regional Youth Congress was first launched in 2002 and has molded many young people, with some later becoming hotel managers, Parliamentarians, etc. The Ministry of Tourism wishes Miss Cushnie has all the success on her journey.