Nevis has a new Junior Minister of Tourism. She is Ms. Khayla Claxton, the winner of Nevis’ 2025 Tourism Youth Congress. She hails from the Gingerland Secondary School.

The annual event is “designed to give young people a platform to engage in tourism-related discourse, develop leadership skills, and influence the direction of the industry”.

Here is an excerpt from Ms. Claxton:

Khayla Claxton as Nevis’ newest Junior Minister of Tourism will represent the island at the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Regional Tourism Youth Congress later this year.

Additionally, both from the Charlestown Secondary School, Ms. Aija Liburd and Mr. Mitchell Bowrin earned the second and third place titles respectively.