Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett, has called on industry stakeholders to play a critical role in promoting a more sustainable tourism sector. “Whether we are travellers, industry workers or policymakers, we have the power to make a difference. It is my hope that we will all be inspired to invest in people, to care for the planet and to promote...

Tourism Action Clubs (TACs) in schools across the island’s six resort areas will be engaged in the planting of trees during Tourism Awareness Week (TAW), which is being observed from September 24-30.  The exercises, to be carried out in Negril, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, the South Coast [St. Elizabeth, Manchester and Clarendon], Kingston and Port Antonio, are being spearheaded by...

Tourism Awareness Week (TAW) gets under way on Sunday (September 24) with a Thanksgiving Service at the Montego Bay New Testament Church of God in St. James, beginning at 11:00 a.m. The week, slated for September 24 to September 30, will incorporate the observance of World Tourism Day on September 27, under the theme ‘Tourism and Green Investments’. The theme...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) Act is being reviewed to, among other things, redefine resort areas and who is regarded as a tourist. “We are now at the point where it's before Cabinet, and we expect approval shortly for instructions to be given to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel (CPC) for drafting of the final legislations,” Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund...

The Tourism Workers Pension Scheme has surpassed the first $1 billion in savings within a year and half of its implementation. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure in a recent JIS News interview. He said that almost 9,000 persons have subscribed to the plan, which is designed to cover permanent, contract or self-employed workers in the tourism...

‘Tourism and Green Investments’ is the theme for this year’s observance of Tourism Awareness Week (TAW), slated for September 24 to 30. In an interview with JIS News, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the theme seeks to highlight the need to focus on investing in people, the planet and prosperity. “The theme is right on point, as it...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is hailing the recently concluded Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) tradeshow as a “resounding success”, attracting more than 100 buyers to the island. The event was held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James from September 11 to 13. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, the Minister noted that the buyers, from...