Sporting a yellow T-shirt I toured with a Games and Play group, learning about the sports and entertainment sector of tourism for the afternoon.

Driven in chartered buses to the mega-tent at Clearwater we were greeted by Eugene Dean and Elroy Robinson of Spanish Town Entertainment, hard at work cleaning up after the Beenie Man concert earlier that week.

Mr. Dean and Mr. Robinson gave a talk describing the hard work involved in the entertainment industry, but listed plenty of perks, one being meeting visiting artists.

Most poignant was his comparison of Bermuda?s entertainment with the Caribbean?s in that there was a lot more on offer in the islands. He mentioned that more local artists were needed and an infrastructure to support them, which meant lots of job opportunities.

Berkeley Student, Vurnell Smith, 16, gave her impressions of the talk: ?It was very interesting because it makes you think Bermuda is really doing something to add to tourism and I didn?t know it took all that.?

Cheron Trott, 16, a student with the Creative Learning Home School, said, ?I didn?t know entertainment was so much work,? noting that it had changed her perspective on a concert and mentioned that Mr. Dean, ?was right. Bermuda doesn?t have any kind of entertainment for tourists.? The next stop was Riddell?s Bay Golf Club where head golf professional and PGA golfer, Scott Roy, spoke about ?golfing tourism,? and mentioned they were looking to attract tourists through tournaments, which could mean a lot of money coming into the island.

He advertised summer jobs in the customer service or ?meet and greet? area.

From there it was back to BAA field, as time did not allow for the scheduled Gombey and pipe band stop.

On the way, Berkeley student, Ashley Phipps, 14, commented on improving Bermuda?s tourism and said, ?there should be more things for the young tourists, they?re trying with concerts, but they need more stuff.? Her ideas on possible new attractions included theme and water parks.

At BAA field, drinks and pizza were quickly devoured after a long day.

Helping to organise the event was Alexandra Froncioni, of the Select Sites Group and the Pop & Sizzle Team. She arranged for her Pop & Sizzle colleagues to act as counsellors for the day.

She said the purpose of the day was ?to open the eyes of the youth to what tourism is all about?. ?A lot of people at the stops gave the students a good idea of what it takes to be a part of tourism and to interact with tourists,? she noted.