Jamaica is examining the hub and spoke model to address regional air transportation challenges. “The Caribbean is having a destination crisis, an air transportation crisis. There is no question about it, and Jamaica is going to have to play a critical role in enabling solutions [to] that problem by providing the hub-and-spoke arrangement,” Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett said....

For this winter season, more than 1.4 million visitors are expected, generating close to US$1.5 billion in revenue. This was noted by Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, who pointed out that arrivals to the island are close to pre-pandemic levels in 2019. The winter tourist season will last from December 15, 2022 to April 30, 2023. “We are at 97...

Jamaica’s 2022/23 winter tourist season, which commenced on December 15, has got off to a flying start with the island, so far, welcoming more than 40,000 visitors. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, describes the start as “the strongest in the history of Jamaica”. “We were able to welcome over the weekend, from December 15 to 18, a total of 42,000...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) and Member of Parliament, Manchester North Western, Mikael Phillips, assist beneficiary of the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), 69-year-old Tesselyn Roach, to cut the ribbon to her new three-bedroom home in Free Town district on Friday (Dec. 16). Ms. Roach lost her house to fire, which also claimed the life of...

Craft traders are being encouraged to further tap into their creativity as they prepare for what is projected to be Jamaica’s best tourist season ever. The encouragement comes from Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Tourism, David Dobson, who was addressing the Tourism Product Development Company’s (TPDCo) ‘Crafting for Christmas’ fair at Devon House on Friday (December 16). The...

The Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) is partnering with the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) and Friends of Watson Taylor Park to restore the beach facility to its glory days. Corporation Chairman and Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, told JIS News that the facility, which is a significant motif on the Lucea landscape, is among 12 beaches and parks islandwide earmarked...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the 2022/2023 winter tourist season promises to be “a very strong winter of recovery” with some 1.3 million airline seats to the island already secured. “You could be looking at definitely the strongest winter since recent times for us,” Minister Bartlett said in an interview with JIS News. He pointed out that just...