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Eight tourism pioneers honoured for World Tourism Day 2024 in St. Maarten
Tourism Minister Grisha Heyliger-Marten and the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau honoured eight people for their contribution to the island's tourism development at a World Tourism Day 2024 ceremony, 721news reported.
By SXM Daily ยท
Reported 3 October 2024.
Eight people who helped build St. Maarten's tourism industry were honoured for World Tourism Day 2024, 721news reported on 3 October 2024. Tourism Minister Grisha Heyliger-Marten and the St. Maarten Tourist Bureau presented the awards at a ceremony at the Bureau's office earlier that week, under the motto "Honor to Whom Honor is Due".
Great Bay Beach, Philipsburg. Photo: Dr. Thomas Liptak / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
According to 721news, the honourees were Regina Labega, Vernon Jacobs, Jerome Welcome-Reiph, Zephanie Fleming, Marcel Gumbs, Keith Franca, Lucien Deher and Felix Hyman.
About World Tourism Day
World Tourism Day is marked every year on 27 September by UN Tourism, the United Nations' tourism agency. In St. Maarten, where tourism is the main industry, the day is used to recognise people who have served the sector.
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Source: https://www.721news.com/2024/10/world-tourism-day-awards-2024-in-st-maarten/