The Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) is gearing up for the Ten-Year Anniversary of the Annual Mango Festival.
Premier Hon. Mark Brantley, Minister of Tourism in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), said the annual Mango Festival is a very important event for the island of Nevis, attracting local patrons and visitors during the traditional tourist off-season, and generating international publicity for the island.
“The concept of the Mango Festival was designed to try to attract attention for the jurisdiction during that off-season. Each year the festival gathers momentum. It has been growing from strength to strength and it is clearly gaining the reputation and gaining traction in the region as an incredible food festival, and of course, based around what we say is the sweetest fruit.
“The organisers this year have some new and exciting initiatives in terms of regional and international personalities coming in. We always have regional and international chefs coming in and the idea is for us to create a space where we can promote what is natural to Nevis, our mangoes, but also to show the versatility of this fruit in terms of cooking, to build an entire ecosystem around it and to encourage, more importantly, persons to come to the island and visit the island, and to stay with us and experience what we have to offer. So I want to assure the Nevis Tourism Authority, who have been doing an excellent job, that this is an important item on our calendar each year in terms of our tourism product, our tourism offerings,” he said, wishing the event every success.