Bahamas Tourism and Aviation Minister Dionisio DAguilarassumes role of CTO Chairman

Bahamas Tourism and Aviation Minister, Hon. Dionisio DAguilar

NEW YORK The new Bahamas Tourism and Aviation Minister, Hon. Dionisio DAguilar, was announced as the new chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) during a press conference at CTO Caribbean week in New York City.

The CTO is the Caribbeans tourism development agency comprising membership of over 30 countries and territories including Dutch, English, French and Spanish, as well as a myriad of private sector allied members.

Minister DAguilar , who assumed the role as Bahamas Tourism Minister a month ago, mid May will lead the CTO charge for the next year. Bahamas Tourism Director General, Joy Jibrilu, currently serves as the Chair of theCTO Board of Directors. She was appointed in September 2016.

I look forward to leading the charge for the region as we work together to further improve our tourism industry and address the many vexing challenges we face. We must work together to enhance our tourism product across the board and increase the number of stopover visitors to our region, DAguilar said of his appointment.

In his role as CTO chairman, Minister DAguilarprovided updates regarding the regions performance for the first quarter of 2017 and developments from CTO Caribbean Week.

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