Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Rio Nuevo Village attraction in St. Mary is making a major contribution to heritage tourism in Jamaica and efforts to grow visitor arrivals. “Heritage tourism contributes to the growth of community economies, creates new jobs and strengthens local identity while increasing the competitiveness of the destination,” he noted. “As we expand our experiential...

Organisers of the upcoming Ocho Rios Seafood Festival are confident the event will continue to make “further inroads” into the lucrative global gastro-tourism market. With this in mind, they have collaborated with an international marketing team from Miami to promote the festival as a bona fide gastronomy event to attract visitors to the island. The festival will be held on...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that Montego Bay continues to show its mettle as the region’s number-one destination, attracting investments in the addition of hundreds of new rooms. “We are taking steps to ensure the availability of more first-class accommodation for our visitors to the tourism capital (Montego Bay),” he said. “We are looking forward to the opening of...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says expansion of airlift from the emerging markets of Germany and Latin America is guaranteed to take Jamaica’s tourism to levels never before seen in the entire region. Mr. Bartlett was speaking at the official welcome reception for the German-based Eurowings and Panama’s Copa Airlines at the Sangster International Airport in St. James on...

The annual staging of the ‘Christmas in July’ trade show has been opening avenues for networking and expanding business opportunities for local manufacturers. This is according to Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who said the show, which is in its fourth year, has led to networking opportunities that have resulted in entrepreneurs signing contracts for the supply of their...

The Government of Jamaica will be inviting the 12 boys from a youth soccer team in Thailand and their coach, who were recently rescued from a flooded cave, to vacation in the island, all expenses paid. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who made the announcement on Wednesday (July 18), said he “couldn’t think of a more appropriate gesture for...

Some 118 local producers of authentic Jamaican gift and souvenir items will showcase their products and network with corporate entities and various industry players at ‘Christmas in July’. The event, hosted by the Tourism Linkages Network and its partners, is slated for July 19 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Activities get under way at 9:00 a.m. with...