Talk about nail biting action and team
spirit! The recently concluded Tourism
Product Development Company (TPDCo)
Tourism Quiz was an exciting one!
Created to improve the tourism knowledge
and awareness of primary level students,
the quiz was developed by the Community
Awareness Department of TPDCo. The
competition started on May 15th and
concluded on June 2nd with the finals
and
awards
ceremony
at
the
TVJ studios in Kingston.
Participating school, Naggo Head Primary at a studio at
the recording of the matches.
The TPDCo Tourism Quiz comprises three
sections and teams compete in all sections
for the quiz to be complete. The team with
the highest point total at the end of the third
and final section is declared the winner.
The teams were quizzed on their
knowledge of Jamaica and Current Affairs,
had their problem solving skills tested
in Mathematics, unlocked their science
knowledge and spewed out facts about
tourism from Team Jamaica, TPDCo’s
flagship training programme as well
as TPDCo’s Sprucey and Limey com-
ic and other industry publications.
Permananent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith
interacts with students at the reception following the awards
ceremony.
The quiz airs on TVJ on Mondays at 6pm
with a repeat on Tuesdays at 4:30 pm and
Thursdays at 6:30 pm with a repeat on
Fridays at 4:30 pm.
The quiz was supported by the Ministry of
Tourism, Tourism Enhancement Fund, Ja-
maica Vacations, Television Jamaica and
the Jamaica Tourist Board.
The winning teams received prizes from
industry partners such as Montego Bay
Marine Park, Hyatt Ziva, Mystic Mountains,
Dolphin Cove, Sangster’s Bookstore,Dev-
on House and Port of Falmouth
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(L-R)TPDCo’s Donna Johnson-Fowler and Georgeia Robinson -
Wong applaud the schools at the awards ceremony. Also
pictured is Gillian Baldeo, Communication Director-Product De-
velopment, Ministry of Tourism