The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) has extended the application deadline for the Tourism Innovation Incubator to October 21. The initiative invites persons 18 years and older to come forward with innovative ideas for products and technology that will help to develop the tourism industry in Jamaica. Innovators will be assisted on the path to commercialisation through the Tourism Incubator Boot...

Several new and innovative ideas are expected to be generated within tourism, through the recently launched Tourism Innovation Incubator. Speaking at the launch, held during Tourism Awareness Week on September 30, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said that tourism is about ideas and creating experiences. “The idea of this Incubator is to create a framework to mine, hone, convert and...

Jamaica is poised to generate a projected US$5 billion in earnings from tourism for the 2023 calendar year, based on the current trend in the industry’s out-turns, according to Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. He says the country is also expected to welcome five million visitors in 2024, one year ahead of the initial target timeline. The Minister was addressing...

Sixteen high schools across Jamaica are slated to participate in this year’s renewal of the National Tourism Debate. The event, being funded at a cost of $3.5 million, spans more than a decade and is organised by the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF). It was officially launched during a semi-virtual ceremony at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall, St....

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) hosted a Youth Forum at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on Wednesday (September 28). The event formed part of activities marking Tourism Awareness Week 2022, from September 25 to October 1, under the theme ‘Rethinking Tourism’. The theme is consistent with that selected by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for...

The tourism sector is fortunate to be recovering rapidly after a tumultuous two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Godfrey Dyer. Representing Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, at a Thanksgiving Service to officially launch Tourism Awareness Week activities, at the Montego Bay New Testament Church, in St. James, on September 25, Mr....

Tourism Awareness Week kicks off on Sunday (September 25) 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 25 to October 1, will incorporate the observance of World Tourism Day on September 27, under the theme ‘Rethinking Tourism’. “Tourism Awareness Week offers a period...