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...

A new zone for tourism development is being created from Oracabessa, St. Mary to Port Antonio, Portland, that will cater to high-end visitors to the island. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said the zone will bring a “new awakening” to the country’s north coast and will follow a village-type tourism model with sophisticated facilities as opposed to an all-inclusive...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says investment interest from the Middle East is growing in the Caribbean. “I was able to have discussions with partners, whom I brought here earlier this year, and they are reviewing how they look at the Caribbean in terms of supporting the region with investments,” Mr. Bartlett said. He noted that, traditionally, countries focused...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has hailed late restauranter and former President of the St. Ann Chamber of Commerce Eva Myers, as “a true Jamaican ambassador and friend of tourism”. Mrs. Myers who is Italian by birth, but spent decades thrilling both locals and foreigners with her pasta dishes from her signature Evita’s restaurant in Ocho Rios, St. Ann,...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that Jamaica’s tourism is on a trajectory for full recovery by 2023. In an interview with JIS News, following his presentation at the World Free Zone Organization (WFZO) Annual International Conference and Exhibition (AICE) in Montego Bay on June 15, Mr. Bartlett said that “if this record summer” is anything to go by,...

More than 800 students have been selected to participate in this year’s Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Summer Internship Programme. The programme will take place over two cycles and will see the first batch of interns working from June 27 to July 22, while the second batch will work from August 2 to 26. Director of the Jamaica Centre of Tourism...