Executive Director of the Montego Bay Marine Park Trust, Hugh Shim, is imploring fishers not to catch small parrotfish that have not yet reproduced. He notes that while he is not proposing a ban on catching parrotfish, the small ones should be declared off limits. “The problem with the parrotfish is that [Jamaicans] love them so much, that we will...

The Montego Bay Marine Park Trust in St. James plans to establish Jamaica’s first underwater sculpture park. This is aimed at further promoting awareness about the marine and coastal environment. Addressing a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s Regional Office in Montego Bay, St. James, on June 28, Executive Director of the Marine Park, Hugh Shim, said...

As of November 2022, American Airline, under its American Eagle Regional Brand, will operate non-stop flights from Miami in the United States to the Ian Fleming International Airport, St. Mary. Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Donovan White, said that the flights into Ian Fleming will increase access to the zone stretching from Oracabessa, St. Mary to Port Antonio,...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is projecting that the island will welcome approximately 800,000 visitors for the 2022 summer period (late June to the end of August) with destination earnings exceeding US$1.1 billion. Director of Tourism, Donovan White, said the figures, respectively, represent 85 per cent of the pre-pandemic (2019) arrival levels, and more than 90 per cent in revenues...

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) has solidified a partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Water Commission (NWC). The partnership is being spearheaded by the organization’s Product Development and Community Tourism Department for the preservation and beautification of the Mammee Bay Waterwheel located in St. Ann, Jamaica. The objective of the project is to...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says a single-visa regime among CARICOM member countries should be the next critical consideration in rationalising entry protocols in the region. “[This is] for touristic purposes and can be provided for visitors coming into your space for 30 days or three days… a simple platform that allows everybody and anybody to apply for a CARICOM...

Interested persons who meet the eligibility criteria have until July 8 to apply for funding under the ‘Creative Caribbean: An Ecosystem of Play for Growth and Development project’. The project targets culture and creative industries (CCIs) actors, artists and entrepreneurs; registered CCI professional organisations, associations, civil society and secondary and tertiary academic institutions, students and researchers. Speaking recently at a...