Work is progressing satisfactorily on the installation of lights along a section of the North Coast Highway from the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay,St. James, to Greenwood in Trelawny, known as the Elegant Corridor. The project, which is being funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) at a cost of $248.4 million, started a month ago, and also involves...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr. Hon. Wykeham, says that 1.2 million airlift seats have so far been secured for stopover arrivals for the 2015 summer season. He said all the main source markets are showing increases in airlift. “The United States is up 58,000 seats and there is an overall increase of approximately 163,000 seats to Jamaica,” he informed. Minister...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill says that 2014 has been “a very good year” for tourism in Jamaica. He said that November 2014 “has gone down as the best November Jamaica has ever had” with arrivals showing an increase of more than six per cent for the month. July saw a record 221,000 stopover arrivals, the largest...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr. Hon. Wykeham NcNeill; and Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, are hailing the significant investments in tourism on the north coast which, they estimate, will provide jobs for thousands of Jamaicans, while expanding the industry. The Ministers were speaking to JIS News on Friday (November 28) after an extensive tour of four...

Plans are in place for the January 15, 2015 opening of the Moon Palace Jamaica Grande in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, which is being refurbished at a cost of US$150 million. This was disclosed by the General Manager of the resort, Clifton Reader, during a tour of the property on November 28, by Tourism Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill and...

The  Senate today (November 28), approved the Timeshare Vacations Bill, facilitating the country’s entrance into the tourism timeshare market. Timeshare/vacation ownership is defined as a method of use and or shared ownership of vacation real estate, where purchasers acquire a period of time (often one week) in a condominium, apartment or other type of vacation accommodation. Opening the debate, Minister...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has made $5.9 million available to the North East Regional Health Authority (NERHA), to assist with the cleaning up of resort areas in the parishes of St. Ann and St. Mary, as part of the national response to the Chikungunya virus (ChikV). So far, there has been extensive clean-up and vector control activities aimed at...