Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has made an urgent call for G20 nations to invest in capacity building for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that are heavily reliant on tourism. Minister Bartlett made the call while speaking at the G20 and UN Tourism Side Event recently, under the theme ‘Tourism: Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet,’ in...

Jamaica will observe Tourism Awareness Week 2024 from September 22 to 28, under the theme ‘Tourism and Peace: Out of Many, One Love’. Speaking at a JIS Think Tank, today (September 11), Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said this year’s theme focuses on how tourism fosters understanding and harmony between nations and communities. “One Love is a powerful expression of...

Executive Director, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Wade Mars, presents a full scholarship for TPDCo’s Team Jamaica Training Programme to Miss Universe Jamaica, Rachel Silvera, during her courtesy call at the agency’s offices in New Kingston on Wednesday (August 28). This initiative will further enhance Ms. Silvera’s knowledge and skills, ensuring she is well-prepared to represent Jamaica at the 73rd...

Discussions on Jamaica-Brazil Airlift Agreement Well Advanced The Jamaica based Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) and Brazil’s Ministry of Tourism have signed a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate cooperation in boosting tourism resilience. The areas of cooperation covered under the MOU include: Climate resilience in tourism; Entrepreneurial tourism resilience; Tourism security resilience; and Tourism pandemic...

Tourism Director, Donovan White, has underscored the importance of establishing the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Tourism Action Club (TAC) in schools islandwide. “It’s a massive undertaking but it’s an important undertaking, we believe, because of the importance of what tomorrow means for Jamaica and for our tourism industry,” he said. “There is no greater hope for us than to see...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (sixth left), and Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace (third left), join innovators selected for Cohort 2 of the Tourism Innovation Incubator, at the official Meet and Greet event held recently at the AC Hotel in Kingston.Twenty-two innovators have been selected for the 2024 cohort of the programme, which...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (fourth left), who received an Honorary Doctorate in Hospitality and Tourism Management from the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), at a graduation ceremony, held at the National Arena, on Sunday (July 28), shares a  photo opportunity with (from left) Deputy Group Executive Chairperson of the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), Geraldine Adams; President...