Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry, Jennifer Griffith, has been selected to lead a team of stakeholders to develop a comprehensive programme for re-imaging Jamaica as a destination. Making his 2019/20 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on April 30, Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the stakeholders will consist of experienced and skilled public and private individuals....

Business and hotel interests in western Jamaica say they are in full support of the declaration of States of Public Emergency (SOEs) in the parishes of St. James, Hanover and Westmoreland. They note that while it is never the most ideal of situations, it would have been impossible to sit idly by and allow the wanton and despicable behaviour of...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has announced that an action plan has been developed that includes the establishment of an Academic Chair on Resilience and Crisis Management at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. The plan also contains a compendium of best practices for global crisis management; an academic journal and resilience barometer to measure the level...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that over the next five years, Jamaicans and tourists can expect to see 12,000 new rooms being added to the country’s tourism industry. Speaking in the 2019/20 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on April 30, the Minister said these will include a US$250-million investment to build 1,000 rooms in Trelawny; US$500...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Government has spent $200 million in recent times to upgrade various beach facilities across the island, under the Beach Development Programme, in partnership with the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). He said these beaches include the Mount Salem Beach in St. Ann, at a cost of $26 million; Marking Stone Beach in St....

Buoyed by the positive feedback emanating from news that the latest in the James Bond iconic franchise will be filmed in Jamaica, local officials and stakeholders are calling it “a massive publicity boost for the island”. “It’s not a stretch to say we get filmed all the time,” said Chief Strategist and Advisor in the Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright....

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says that April is shaping up to be another good month for visitor arrivals. “We are expecting this to be a huge month. April is trending at eight per cent (over the same period last year),” he told JIS News, noting that the numbers for Easter and Carnival are yet to be tabulated. He said...