Farmers and Fisherfolks slighted in representation on Grenada Tourism Authority Board
PRESS STATEMENT Farmers and Fisherfolks slighted in representation on Grenada Tourism Authority Board 23 NOVEMBER 2020, ST GEORGE'S: The Senator representing the farming and fishing sectors is calling for better coordination between the tourism sector and the people he represents, following the naming of a new Board of Tourism with no official allocation for agriculture. “Our farmers and fisherfolks are disappointed by the fact that Government has appointed an eleven-member Board of the Grenada Tourism Authority without representation from the agriculture and fisheries sector,” said Senator Roderick St Clair. The appointment of this Board on November 1st 2020 took place even as the Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation calling for deep connections and deepened bonds with agriculture, during her speech to mark Tourism Awareness Month. At a September 2019 workshop held in Grenada to develop Grenada’s agro-tourism policy, Hon. Clarice Modeste-Curwen was reported as explaini...