World Tourism Day was celebrated on September 27 2011 and the theme was Tourism-Linking Cultures. Every year the St. Eustatius Tourism Development Foundation STDF organizes a week of activities to commemorate ‘World Tourism Day’. A full week of activities was planned for the community from September 19 through September 24 2011.
Monday 19:
Official opening at Fort Oranje with the singing of the
anthem, a speech by the Commissioner of Tourism Mr. Clyde van Putten, followed
by performances by each of the four elementary schools.
Tuesday and Wednesday 20 + 21Various schools go on fieldtrips to the Nustar Terminals
while others had educational lectures in their classrooms by various cultural
groups.
Thursday 22Special exhibition at the Community Center on Rosemary Lane
where various nationalities displayed their arts, craft, photos, national
dishes etc. from their respective countries.
Friday 23
Unity Walk on heels. All 40+ nationalities residing on
Statia were welcome to take part in this walk wearing their country’s t-shirt
and flag. Over 400 students lined up along the route of the walk waving self-made
flags from the various countries. The first male and female to reach the finish
line wearing stiletto heels would be the overall winner of the event. Prizes were
sponsored by Windward Island Airways (WINAIR) and the OLD GIN HOUSE.
Saturday 24 TW2011 ended with an elegant Wine&Cheese party at the Earnest
Mike van Putten Youth Centre. The keynote speaker was Leon Stubbs from the
Bahamas. Leon works as a Project Developer in the field of cultural tourism and
he served as Director of the African American Heritage Society (AAHS), he is very
active in the development of the Black Heritage Trail in the State of Florida.
On behalf of STDF, we say thank you to all the stakeholders who helped in
making this week a great success, and we thank all the schools and the general
public at large for their support.
September 2011
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