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Local craft items on display in the Negril Craft Market, Westmoreland. The Ministry of Tourism is spearheading a craft strategy, placing more emphasis on authentic Jamaican creations, to ensure that greater benefits are derived from the $4 billion art and craft industry.
Local craft items on display in the Negril Craft Market, Westmoreland. The Ministry of Tourism is spearheading a craft strategy, placing more emphasis on authentic Jamaican creations, to ensure that greater benefits are derived from the $4 billion art and craft industry.

New Direction for Craft Industry

The Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment is spearheading a new craft strategy, placing more emphasis on authentic Jamaican creations, to ensure that greater benefits are derived from the $4 billion art and craft industry. State Minister in the Ministry, Hon....
Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), having a light conversation with Professor Emeritus, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mervyn Morris (centre), and wife, Helen Morris, during Tuesday’s (April 15) ceremony at the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), downtown Kingston, where Professor Morris was announced as Jamaica’s first official Poet Laureate.
Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (left), having a light conversation with Professor Emeritus, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mervyn Morris (centre), and wife, Helen Morris, during Tuesday’s (April 15) ceremony at the National Library of Jamaica (NLJ), downtown Kingston, where Professor Morris was announced as Jamaica’s first official Poet Laureate.

Professor Mervyn Morris Appointed Poet Laureate

Jamaicans Encouraged to Take Advantage of Discount Packages
State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), performs the symbolic ribbon cutting exercise to officially open the Rastafari Indigenous Village, located in Irwin, West Central St. James, of which she is also the Member of Parliament, on April 4. Sharing the occasion are: Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Michael Troupe (right); member of the Rastafari Village, Iyara (2nd right); and General Manager, Project Implementation, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Loy Malcolm.
State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (2nd left), performs the symbolic ribbon cutting exercise to officially open the Rastafari Indigenous Village, located in Irwin, West Central St. James, of which she is also the Member of Parliament, on April 4. Sharing the occasion are: Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Michael Troupe (right); member of the Rastafari Village, Iyara (2nd right); and General Manager, Project Implementation, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Loy Malcolm.

Rastafari Village opened in St. James
Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (2nd right), cuts the ribbon to formally open the newly refurbished Berrydale rafting station and loading bay in Portland on Wednesday (April 2). The loading bay, which was refurbished at a cost of $2.8 million, is one of four projects undertaken in the parish by the Tourism and Entertainment Ministry at a cost of over $48 million, with funding provided by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). Assisting the Minister (from left) are: Port Antonio Mayor, Councillor Benny White; Portland’s Custos Rotulorum, Hon. Lincoln Thaxter; Member of Parliament for East Portland, where the facility is located, Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield; Tourism and Entertainment State Minister, Hon. Damion Crawford.
Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (2nd right), cuts the ribbon to formally open the newly refurbished Berrydale rafting station and loading bay in Portland on Wednesday (April 2). The loading bay, which was refurbished at a cost of $2.8 million, is one of four projects undertaken in the parish by the Tourism and Entertainment Ministry at a cost of over $48 million, with funding provided by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). Assisting the Minister (from left) are: Port Antonio Mayor, Councillor Benny White; Portland’s Custos Rotulorum, Hon. Lincoln Thaxter; Member of Parliament for East Portland, where the facility is located, Dr. Lynvale Bloomfield; Tourism and Entertainment State Minister, Hon. Damion Crawford.

Projects Completed in Portland to Boost Tourism

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Budget 2014/2015Finance & Public ServiceTourism

Tourism on Growth Path

For the quarter ending December 31, 2014, tourism grew at a rate of 6 per cent, even though a number of rooms were out of service. Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, made the announcement as he opened the 2014/15 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday, April 17. He also informed that the tourism sector will see a lot of new rooms...
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Budget 2014/2015Tourism

$14.9 Million for Hotel Energy Project

The Government will be spending $14.9 million on the Caribbean Hotel Energy and Action Project in the 2014/15 fiscal year. Details of the project are included in the Estimates of Expenditure, to be considered by the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament from April 8 to 10. The project seeks to improve the competitiveness of the Caribbean hotel industry; move towards...
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Tourism

Health and Wellness Tourism Sub-Sector Growing

The Government is continuing to make the development and diversification of the tourism product a priority, guided by the Master Plan for Sustainable Tourism Development, Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, notes that a joint ministerial body has, therefore, drafted a policy and strategy on health and wellness tourism in Jamaica, identifying medical tourism as the focal...
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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left), is assisted by and Executive Chairman, Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa, Dr. Henry Lowe, as she cuts the ribbon to launch the newly redeveloped facility on March 25, at its Lady Musgrave Road location, in Kingston.
Tourism

Eden Gardens Ready for Health Tourism Market

The management of the recently re-branded Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa has set its sights on entering the health tourism market. “We want to make this a major tourist attraction in Kingston. We want it to become a tour stop, just like other places. We want to ensure that for wellness tourism, it becomes a centre of excellence,” says...
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Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica, Rear Admiral Peter Brady. (FILE)
TourismTransport

Jet Ski Operators Urged To Register By March 31

The Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ) is reminding jet skis owners to register their water craft by the March 31 deadline. So far, the Authority has registered approximately 100 jet skis under an island-wide inspection and registration drive, which seeks to account for, and regulate the operations of these water craft. Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill in...
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Farmers tending to the requests of buyers at the Agro-Tourism Farmers’ Market, held at the Catherine Hall Stadium car park, Montego Bay, on March 26.
Tourism

Successful Agro-Tourism Farmers’ Market Staged in Mo-Bay

Another successful Agro-Tourism Farmers’ Market was staged at the Catherine Hall Stadium, in Montego Bay, St. James, on March 26. The event was the second to be held under the initiative, launched last year in Negril, Westmoreland. Funding is being provided by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), which has allocated $10 million for the staging of the series of markets....
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Chairman of the Tourism Linkages Council, Donovan Perkins and Head of the Tourism Linkages Hub, Carolyn McDonald-Riley, outline details of a demand study to be administered beginning April, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, on March 13.
Tourism

Demand Study to be Done for Tourism

Come April, the Tourism Linkages Hub will begin conducting a demand study as a means of identifying the needs of the industry and strengthening sector linkages. The mission of the Hub is to position the tourism sector to increase its demand for, and consumption of goods and services that can be competitively sourced in Jamaica, while strengthening the linkages between...
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