Bishop's High School student Jole St John, 16, the Tobago Junior Secretary of Tourism, has secured first place in the 2025 Regional Tourism Youth Congress and will now serve as the Caribbean’s Junior Minister of Tourism for the next year.

The 2025 Regional Tourism Youth Congress, organised by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) in collaboration with the Barbados Ministry of Tourism and International Transport, is one of the marquee features of the State of the Tourism Industry Conference 2025, held at the Hilton Barbados.

Speaking after the win, Jole said when the results was called, she broke down in tears.