Leanna Allen, a student of Clifton Hunter High School earned the title of Tourism Ambassador at the annual Tourism Speak-Off held Friday, 2 November. Miss Allen will represent the Cayman Islands throughout 2019 at various tourism events locally and at select international forums.

The Tourism Speak-Off – a programme that encourages tourism awareness from a local and global perspective among students, is hosted by the Ministry and Department of Tourism as well as the Cayman Islands Tourism Association.

The Tourism Speak-Off competition has been a part of the Department of Tourism’s local tourism awareness programme since 2003.

In addition to promoting tourism awareness, the Speak-Off’s objective is to assist young students to develop useful communication, reasoning and public speaking skills that will serve them throughout their lives academically and professionally.

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(L-R) Mr. David Wight, the then Acting Minister for Tourism; Leanna Allen, 2019 Tourism Ambassador; Mrs. Tiffany Dixon – Ebanks, Executive Director of the Cayman Islands Tourism Association.

(L-R) Sasha Parchman, Layman E. Scott Snr. High School; Leanna Allen, 2019 Tourism Ambassador; Mr. David Wight, the then Acting Minister for Tourism; Mrs. Oneisha Richards, the then Acting Director of Tourism; Danielle Garcia, University College of the Cayman Islands; Alec Harding, University College of the Cayman Islands.