This year’s Tourism Awareness Week celebrations will focus on the Tourism Linkages Hub, as the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment highlights the various businesses that support the sector. The week will be observed from World Tourism Day on September 27 to October 3 under the theme: ‘One Billion Tourists: One Billion Opportunities’. This is also the theme that the United...

Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook, has given a passing grade to organisers of the 25th Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) travel trade show, which ended on September 22 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, in St. James. Speaking to JIS News, Mr. Pennicook said this year’s show attracted some 23 new tour operators, with the majority of them coming from the...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says tourism continues to be the engine of growth for the economy, and that locals have a responsibility to ensure the sector remains competitive and visitor friendly. Addressing the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX)  Tourism Trade Show at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on September 20, Dr. McNeill said the sector has...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, said discussions are underway for the resumption of the tourist rail service from Montego Bay to Appleton Estate in St. Elizabeth. The service called ‘Appleton Express’ ceased operations in the 1990s.  It offered visitors a chance to tour the rum estate and factory by train. They were able to make stops in...

Director of Tourism, Paul Pennicook, says the opening up of Cuba as a tourist destination should provide opportunities for the sector in Jamaica. Addressing a media breakfast as part of the 25th staging of the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) Tourism Trade Show, at the Hilton Resort in St. James, on September 21, Mr. Pennicook said recent developments in Cuba should...

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Nicola Madden- Greig, said the entity is moving to play a more pivotal role in the protection of the nation’s children. This, as the JHTA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism, (The CODE). The CODE...

President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Nicola Madden- Greig, said the tourism outlook for calendar year 2015 continues to be “very promising.” She said the industry has already recorded growth of 3.1 per cent for the first six months of the year and “we think that the 2015/16 winter season will be even more successful.” The JHTA...