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Tourism Workers Pension Scheme Surpasses $5B in Savings

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced that the Tourism Workers Pension Scheme has now surpassed $5 billion in savings since its inception. “I would like to indicate, by way of out-turn, that the world-class, world-standard, historic Tourism Workers Pension...

All Hotels Expected to Fully Reopen by December 2026

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right), and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Aubyn Hill (left), share a light moment with Owner, Paris Ruby Gourmet, Zelecia Smith, while visiting her booth during a previous staging of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival.

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival Partners with Jamaica Food and Drink Festival for 2026 Staging

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the Throne Speech titled ‘Building Forward: Enhancing Resilience, Expanding Opportunity’ during the ceremonial opening of Parliament for the 2026/2027 Financial Year at Gordon House on Thursday (February 12).

Government Targets Eight Million Visitors and Us$10 Billion in Earnings by 2030

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses the press launch of the Global Tourism Resilience Day Conference and Expo (GTRDCE) at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Monday (February 9). The three-day event will be held from February 16 to 18 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme ‘Tourism Resilience in Action: From Crisis Response to Impactful Transformation’.

Global Tourism Resilience Conference and Expo to Be Held in Kenya

2 weeks ago AgricultureTourism

$1.46B Being Channelled Through Redi II to Strengthen Tourism and Agriculture Initiatives

A sum of $1.46 billion will be allocated in fiscal year 2026/27 to advance initiatives that expand market access and promote climate-resilient practices for targeted beneficiaries in the tourism and agriculture sectors. The allocation, provided under the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) II, is detailed in the 2026/27 Estimates of Expenditure, which was recently tabled in the House of Representatives...

Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney (second right), affixes his signature to the contract to rehabilitate Bath Botanical Gardens in St. Thomas, during Thursday’s (February 5) contract-signing ceremony at JSIF’s Richmond Avenue offices in Kingston. Also participating in the signing (from left) are Chief Technical Director, Special Projects in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Courtney Cole; Project Manager at SM Quality Construction, Roger Smith; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson.

1 month ago AgricultureInvestmentTourism

Bath Botanical Gardens to Be Rehabilitated at a Cost of $29.5 Million

Bath Botanical Gardens in St. Thomas will be rehabilitated over a five-month period at a cost of $29.5 million. The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), along with the Ministries of Tourism, and Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, signed a contract with SM Quality Construction for the undertaking on Thursday (February 5), at JSIF’s Richmond Avenue offices in Kingston. The project will...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

1 month ago Tourism

Tourism Minister Says Jamaica on Track to Achieve Good Winter Season

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s tourism sector is rallying from the aftereffects of Hurricane Melissa with renewed optimism, and is on track to achieve a good winter season. Speaking to nearly 100 travel advisors and other industry stakeholders at a welcome dinner for Apple Leisure Group Vacations (ALG), at the RIU Montego Bay Resort in St. James...

A cannon at the Morant Bay Fort at the old courthouse in Morant Bay, where a recent site inspection was carried out by members of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) and St. Thomas Municipal Corporation.

1 month ago TourismWorks / Construction

Works to Upgrade Morant Bay Fort Set for Completion by March 2027

March 2027 has been earmarked for the completion of upgrade and redevelopment works at the Morant Bay Fort by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo). The project is part of the next phase of plans by the agency to position St. Thomas as a cultural tourism destination. “St. Thomas is seen as a new destination, a new tourism destination, but...

Media Relations Officer at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Christopher Burke (right), assists Santa and his elf in handing out gifts to attendees at the JTB

2 months ago Tourism

PHOTOS: Jamaica Tourist Board’s Christmas Treat

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a tourism partners’ meeting at the Iberostar Hotel in St. James on December 13.

3 months ago Hurricane Relief & RecoveryTourism

Minister Bartlett Commends United Response Behind Swift Post-Hurricane Repatriation of 25,000 Tourists

Jamaica’s swift repatriation of 25,000 tourists in just one week following Hurricane Melissa has demonstrated the island’s resilience and capacity for crisis management, says Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. Speaking during a tourism partners’ meeting at the Iberostar Hotel in St. James on December 13, Minister Bartlett commended the coordinated effort through which thousands of stranded visitors were safely returned...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (seventh right), is surrounded by tourism workers who were issued vouchers valued at $100,000 each under the Tourism Housing Assistance & Recovery Programme (THARP) at the official launch of the initiative on Tuesday (December 16) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Sharing the moment are Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) President, Christopher Jarrett (centre); and in the background (from left) are Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Executive Director, Dr. Carey Wallace; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith; Chairman of the Jamaica Recovery Task Force, John Byles; and Chairman of the Jamaica Tourism Cares Relief Coordination Committee, Jessica Shannon.

3 months ago Tourism

700 Tourism Workers to Benefit from Housing Assistance Programme

A total of 700 tourism workers, who were impacted by the passage of Hurricane Melissa, will benefit from an initial allocation of $100,000 each under the Housing Assistance & Recovery Programme (THARP). Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the announcement at the official launch of the $70 million housing assistance programme on Tuesday (December 16) at The Jamaica Pegasus...