The Ministry of Tourism will mark Tourism Awareness Week (TAW) from September 23 to 30, under the theme ‘Tourism and the Digital Transformation’. This year’s observance will incorporate World Tourism Day, being observed on September 27. The week will commence with a thanksgiving service at Calvary Baptist Church in Montego Bay, St. James, on Sunday, September 23, beginning at 10:00...

A slew of overseas buyers and local suppliers in the tourism sector are expected to converge at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from September 23 to 25, for the 28th staging of Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX). The annual event, put on by the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), provides the...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Ministry is in discussions with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and a United Kingdom (UK)-based entity for the development of a communications framework for the operations of the proposed Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management. Mr. Bartlett was speaking at a recent media briefing at the Ministry’s offices in New Kingston....

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says development of a Caribbean multi-destination tourism framework is on track. He said that Jamaica has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, and the parties are scheduled to meet later this year to “start hammering out a product for the market”. Minister Bartlett was speaking at a recent media...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has lauded travel agents for their contribution towards the increase in the number of visitors to the island last year. Speaking at the 16th Annual USA Travel Agents Golf Tournament awards ceremony, held at the Sandals Ochi Beach Resort, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on September 15, the Minister said that last year, tourism earned...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that the Ministry is taking strategic steps to ensure that Jamaica capitalises on its potential and benefits in a more significant way from gastronomy tourism. He informed that the Gastronomy Network, which is spearheading the process, “has been working assiduously to craft innovative plans”. “Their main strategies include creating a gastronomy mapping platform...

Nine of the 13 persons who will constitute the Board of the Government’s proposed Global Centre for Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management, have been confirmed. They include: University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice Chancellor, Sir Hilary Beckles, and Jamaica National Group Chief Executive Officer, Earl Jarrett, who will be the Caribbean representatives. This was announced by Tourism Minister, Hon....