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MONTEGO BAY - Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has underscored the importance of tourism to the economy of Jamaica, noting that the sector is one of the main planks of the government’s development agenda. She said that Jamaica has cemented its place as a global leader in tourism, through its full membership in the United Nations World...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has signed a contract  with  the National Best Community Foundation and the Country style Community Tourism Network, valued at some $16 million, to benefit  nine communities from six parishes. This agreement is for the implementation of a community-based Tourism Strengthening and Promotion project, with a start-up date of June 26, 2012. The signing took...

Members of the St. James Parish Council have placed tourism and agriculture  at the top of their agenda in meetings, and at Committee deliberations. This was stated by Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, held at the Montego Bay office of the agency, on June 13. The Mayor explained that  those two areas  provide...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, on Wednesday (June 6) outlined changes to the tax measures to the tourism sector for the 2012/13 financial year. The changes came out of discussions convened by Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, following a request by the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association for further dialogue on...

There is no denying that for a nation as small as Jamaica, with a population of just 2.7 million, the country's rich musical legacy has had a colossal impact on the international stage. Over the last 50 years, Jamaica’s music has evolved into an international phenomenon - a movement that has garnered worldwide acceptance and praise, through the talents and...

Several of the top players in the global tourism industry are set to meet on Jamaican soil to examine the way forward for the region’s tourism sector at the Caribbean Tourism Summit and Outlook Seminar 2012. Preparations are in high gear for the event, which will be held from June 15-16, at the Ritz Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in...

Jamaica will play a key role in charting the way forward for the global tourism industry this week, when Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, the Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill attends three key meetings, which are strategic to the strengthening of the tourism sector within global economies. Being hosted by Mexico, the meetings include the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of Tourism (T20),...

Jamaicans are being invited to take advantage of special discount packages being offered by some of the island’s premier hotels, attractions and other tourism stakeholders. Sector partners are offering up to 50 per cent discounts on accommodation, attractions, shopping, ground transportation and at restaurants as part of the ‘Experience Jamaica’ campaign, which was launched on May 8, Wyndham Kingston hotel....

Attorney-at-law and Chief Executive Officer of Pulse Investments Limited, Kingsley Cooper, has been appointed chairman of the revamped Entertainment Advisory Board (EAB). This was disclosed by Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill (May 3), during a press briefing at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. He informed that the 17-member entity will convene its first meeting within the...

Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeil, is forecasting a two per cent increase in tourist arrivals for the upcoming summer tourist season. Still relishing the 19.9 per cent growth recorded for the 2011/2012 winter tourist season, over the similar period for 2010/2011, the Tourism Minister told journalists on May 3 that “we expect that this trend will...

There was a 19.9 per cent increase in visitor arrivals for the period January to April, 2012, when compared to the similar period last year. This was disclosed by Minister of Tourism and Entertainment, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, who noted that the increase was primarily due to a boom in cruise passenger arrivals, which grew by 55 per cent. The...

Chairperson of the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Maxine Henry-Wilson, has emphasised that the Falmouth Port, in Trelawny is a natural economic asset, attracting thousands of overseas visitors, and members of the community must protect the facility. "The port won several awards recently, and last year about 500,000 persons came to that port. Trelawny is on the map again, you...