Bartlett Activates Recovery Task Force and Tourism Resilience Coordination Committee In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has set a firm target for Jamaica’s tourism industry to be fully back in operation by December 15, 2025. To deliver on that goal, the Ministry has activated a high-level Hurricane Melissa Recovery Task Force and a companion...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling on Jamaican investors to capitalize on the current favourable economic environment to invest in the country. “The Government has created economic certainty, a proper regulatory environment, an environment where [investors] can get access to credit that they must take advantage of,” Dr. Holness stated. The Prime Minister was speaking at...

School children who might be experiencing distress and suicidal feelings are being urged to seek help, as resource persons are available to assist them. According to National Tourism Champion, Kayda Lee McLean, a student at the St. Catherine-based Charlemont High School, responsible adults are in the communities and at schools, and “when young people reach that limit, they can go...

The 2025 Kingston City Run, set for Sunday (November 2), is looking to raise $5 million to directly benefit four organisations that provide services to the homeless, at-risk youth, and marginalised communities across the capital city. These are the Alpha Institute, Marie Atkins Night Shelter, Open Arms Development Centre, and Missionaries of the Poor. Under the theme ‘Pirates Run di...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has commended the three local properties that have been ranked among the top-10 hotels in the Caribbean and Central America in the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2025. They are Jamaica Inn in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, at number four; S Hotel Montego Bay at number five; and S Hotel Kingston at number...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that newly appointed Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Tova Hamilton, will hit the ground running as Jamaica builds on the momentum gained during the post-COVID-19 recovery. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking with JIS News, following the recent Tourism Action Club Youth Symposium at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James,...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has outlined a holistic plan to weave tourism more deeply into Jamaica’s broader economy. Speaking at a briefing with reporters at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on September 26, Mr. Bartlett said the country must move beyond siloed thinking and create seamless connections between tourism and other key sectors to unlock new opportunities, spur...