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Tourism bodies launched

SVGThe St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) and the National Parks Rivers and Beaches Authority (NPRBA) are now official bodies. The two bodies were launched Thursday July 2, 2009 at the National Insurance Services (NIS).

Guest Speaker, Minister of Tourism Glen Beache, praised both for their hard work in the tourism industry. Beache said he was confident the "best statutory bodies in St. Vincent and the Grenadines" could face tourism challenges.

Local Hotel & Tourism Association Newsletter Cops Regional Award

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During the recently concluded Annual Convention of the 32-member Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE) which was held at the Orlando Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Hotel & Tourism Association’s quarterly newsletter – SVGHTA News – received the coveted regional Printed Newsletter Newsworthy Award for 2009. In 2007, this newsletter received the Newsworthy Award for Excellence in Tourism Awareness.

Calypso celebration during the Vinci-Mas

SVGThe St. Vincent and the Grenadines carnival is popularly referred to as Vinci-Mas. This is the time when people of the faith are cleansed out of their sins. It is a period of fasting and abstinence. The religious stripped themselves off the human wants and sacrifice to join in the passion and death of Christ. This is also the time that signifies the near start of the Lenten season.

By the 1900, the Calypso celebration during the Vinci-Mas was introduced. Street parades were made popular among the working class. Today, more and more people are joining in this festival of faith and the crowds are growing bigger every year.

The St. Vincent and the Grenadine

SVGThe St. Vincent and the Grenadines carnival is popularly referred to as Vinci-Mas. This is the time when people of the faith are cleansed out of their sins. It is a period of fasting and abstinence. The religious stripped themselves off the human wants and sacrifice to join in the passion and death of Christ. This is also the time that signifies the near start of the Lenten season.