Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says Jamaica recorded a 5.5 per cent increase in visitor arrivals for the nine-month period between January and September 2015. Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) statistics show that arrivals totalled just over 1.6 million during the period. The Minister noted that this is approximately 38,000 more than the corresponding period in 2014. He...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the ganja reforms, enacted earlier this year, are historic and revolutionary, and have placed Jamaica ahead of many other countries globally. “In years to come, we will look back (with pride) at what has happened here in Jamaica and the changes that have taken (place with) how we treat cannabis....

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill on Friday, October 9, officially handed over a refurbished and fully equipped home economics department to the Little London High School in Westmoreland. The facility boasts state-of-the art industrial stoves, electrical equipment and utensils, among other modern facilities and was funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) at a cost of...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the opening of the state-of-the-art private hospital in Rosehall, St. James, on October 8, is tangible proof that Jamaica is moving ahead in health tourism. “This new $2.3 billion state-of-the art hospital is largely driven by tourism interests.  The more the investment in Jamaica and the more hotel rooms there...

Boasting attractions which rank amongst the best in the world, Jamaica continues to be a first choice tourism destination, industry players say. They point to the fact that the island recently broke the two million mark in stopover arrivals and is on course to see further growth in both cruise ship and stopover visitors. “It is a fact we are...

More than 15 providers of goods and services to the hospitality sector showcased their various offerings at an exposition held on Friday (October 2), on the grounds of the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment’s Knutsford Boulevard headquarters. The one day event provided an opportunity for manufacturers, operators of facilities, as well as service providers, to display their products, while networking...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, said the Jamaica Tourist Board’s (JTB) successful publicity campaign in Beijing, during the world track and field championship in August, has placed the island in a position to more aggressively target the Chinese market. The campaign dubbed: ‘Jamaica House’ was set up to showcase the island. It provided a base tour...