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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the Throne Speech during the 2023/24 Ceremonial Opening of Parliament at Gordon House on Tuesday (February 14), under the theme ‘A Stronger Jamaica: Consolidating Our Recovery, Reigniting Our Decade of Growth’.

Tourism Labour Market Study to be Conducted

The Government will be conducting a labour market study to address current and future labour issues in tourism and assess the labour market arrangements for different aspects of the sector. It will also outline the hiring arrangements, salaries, benefits, skill...

Director, Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley, addresses stakeholders attending a recent sensitisation session on the Agricultural Food Safety Manual. The session was held in St. Ann and included participants from St. Mary and Portland.

Tourism Linkages Network Hosting Islandwide Sensitisation Sessions

Director, Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley, participates in the 2023 Reggae Month Church Service, held at Fellowship Tabernacle in Kingston, on January 29.

Tourism Ministry Endorses Reggae Month

Motorists brave the mid-morning sun outside the Corporate Area Traffic Court on South Camp Road on Tuesday (January 31), in a final effort to settle outstanding traffic tickets ahead of the new Road Traffic Act coming into effect on Wednesday (February 1). The Government had offered motorists with outstanding tickets a reprieve to allow them to pay their fines and have demerits accumulated against their driver’s licences expunged, ahead of the Act taking effect.

PHOTOS: Motorists Flock Corporate Area Traffic Court Ahead of New Road Traffic Act

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (left), signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tourism Innovation with Senior Vice President, Government Engagement, Latin America and Caribbean, Mastercard, Darren Ware, at the international trade show, FITUR, in Spain, on January 19.

Gains for Jamaica at Trade Fair in Spain

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), shares pleasantries with entrepreneurs, Jeffrey and Nicole Campbell, during a tour of their Mulberry Valley Estate in Friendship Gap, St. Mary, on Thursday (January 26).

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Mulberry Valley Estate Deemed Prime for Agro-Ecotourism

To fully realise its vast agro-ecotourism potential, the Mulberry Valley Estate in Friendship Gap, St. Mary, has received a pledge of support from Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. The 20-acre property is owned by entrepreneurs, Jeffrey “Agent Sasco” Campbell, and wife Nicole. The Minister joined the couple on a tour of the estate on Thursday (January 26)...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during the launch of the Global Tourism Resilience Conference on January 12. The launch was held at the Jamaica Tourist Board offices in Kingston.

3 years ago Tourism

Jamaica to Launch First Ever Global Tourism Resilience Institute

Jamaica will once again prove itself a pioneer when it launches the first ever Global Tourism Resilience Institute in February. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the announcement while addressing the recent launch of the Global Tourism Resilience Conference. The conference will be hosted at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew, from February 15 to17....

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, provides details about the first-ever Global Tourism Resilience Conference scheduled to be held in Jamaica. He was speaking during the event’s launch on Thursday (January 12), at the Jamaica Tourist Board in Kingston.

3 years ago Tourism

Jamaica to Host Historic Global Tourism Resilience Conference in February

Approximately 200 persons have been invited to physically attend the inaugural Global Tourism Resilience Conference, slated for February 15 to 17 at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Regional Headquarters in St. Andrew. Other participants will be able to register at no cost and join virtually. This was announced by Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, during the Conference’s...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaking during Tuesday’s (January 10) sitting of the House of Representatives.

3 years ago Tourism

Jamaica on Course to Generate Over US$4B in Record Tourism Earnings

Jamaica’s tourism sector continues to rebound strongly from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced economic fallout, generating earnings of US$3.64 billion in 2022. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made this disclosure during Tuesday’s (January 10) sitting of the House of Representatives. “We ended the year equalling the record-breaking earnings of tourism of US$3.64 billion, and the [2022/23] fiscal year, which I will report...

Mugs are raised for the official launch of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, which will take place on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Celebrating (from left) are Chair, Gastronomy Network, Nicola Madden-Greig; Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund, Dr. Carey Wallace; Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (third left); Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., Member of Parliament for St. Andrew East Rural, Juliet Holness, and Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill. The ceremony was held at Devon House in Kingston, on January 9.

3 years ago Tourism

Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival March 25

Coffee lovers, both locally and internationally, can mark Saturday, March 25, 2023 on their calendars as the date when the highly anticipated Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival will make its grand return. The sixth staging of the annual event was launched today (January 9) at Devon House, in Kingston, and is set to take place at its traditional home –...

3 years ago Tourism

Resurgence in Tourism Spurs Economic Growth in Jamaica

Jamaica’s resurgent tourism industry continues to largely spearhead the country’s gradual recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic economic fallout. The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) reports that the ‘Hotels and Restaurants’ category dominated the sector outturns fuelling third quarter 2022 calendar year growth of 5.9 per cent, between July and September. A STATIN communiqué on Friday (December 30) indicated that this...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left), presents the Chairman’s Award to Commercial Manager, Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) Limited, Kaydian Dawes-Wynter. Occasion was an appreciation ceremony for the NMIA team on Tuesday (December 20), at the NMIA in Kingston.

3 years ago Tourism

Hub and Spoke Model Being Examined to Address Regional Air Transportation Challenges

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....