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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

$31 Million Set Aside In Tourism Budget For Creative And Cultural Industries

A sum of $31 million has been earmarked in the 2022/2023 tourism budget to support Jamaica’s creative and cultural industries. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure while addressing the premiere of the film ‘Link Up’ at the...
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaks during Tuesday’s (March 1) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, whose members are deliberating the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, speaks during Tuesday’s (March 1) meeting of the Standing Finance Committee of the House of Representatives, whose members are deliberating the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure.

No Visible Impact Of Conflict On Tourism – Bartlett
St. Ann 4H Club Assistant Secretary Sonia Tucker (right) and Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) volunteer Natsumi Nagarmura (second from right), gives Secretary at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Ann branch, Marie Richards and her daughter Julisan Richards, an over view of products at their booth. Occasion was the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium which was held at the Seville Heritage Park in the parish on Friday (February 25).
St. Ann 4H Club Assistant Secretary Sonia Tucker (right) and Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) volunteer Natsumi Nagarmura (second from right), gives Secretary at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Ann branch, Marie Richards and her daughter Julisan Richards, an over view of products at their booth. Occasion was the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries’ St. Ann Agri-Tourism Business Symposium which was held at the Seville Heritage Park in the parish on Friday (February 25).

Strengthening Tourism And Agriculture Links In St. Ann
St. James’ Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer, Julian Grandison Mullings (right), and Human Resource Clerk at Holiday Inn Resort, Shantae Miller, demonstrate an elbow bump as an alternative to a handshake in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols. This was during Tourism Product Development Company’s first in a series of sensitisation sessions to promote COVID-19 protocols and vaccination, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall on Friday (February 25).
St. James’ Parish Health, Promotion and Education Officer, Julian Grandison Mullings (right), and Human Resource Clerk at Holiday Inn Resort, Shantae Miller, demonstrate an elbow bump as an alternative to a handshake in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols. This was during Tourism Product Development Company’s first in a series of sensitisation sessions to promote COVID-19 protocols and vaccination, held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in Rose Hall on Friday (February 25).

Vaccines Promoted At TPDCo Event
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

Minister Bartlett Hails Late Businessman as True Friend of Tourism

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Tourism

Register For TPDCo Tour Guide Training

Persons interested in working as tour guides in the tourism industry are being encouraged to take advantage of the training programme being offered by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo). The training is comprehensive, covering the role of the tour guide, the communication skills required, how to conduct a tour group – whether it is a walking or bus tour...
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Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, will call at Falmouth, Trelawny, on November 27, 2022.
Tourism

World’s Largest Cruise Ship Arrives In November

Jamaica will be hosting Royal Caribbean’s flagship Oasis class vessel and the world’s largest cruise ship, Wonder of the Seas, in November. According to Royal Caribbean’s western Caribbean itinerary for 2022, Wonder of the Seas, which is due to begin its maiden voyage from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the eastern Caribbean on March 4, will arrive in Falmouth, Trelawny, on...
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Training Manager for the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Western Region, Megan Mollison.
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

TPDCO Staging COVID-19 Resensitisation Workshops

The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDco) has embarked on a series of workshops to resensitise players in the tourism sector about the coronavirus (COVID-19) health and safety protocols and to encourage greater take up of the vaccines. The sessions, being conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Wellness, commenced on February 17 in Montego Bay, St. James, and...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), emphasises a point during a Global Tourism Resilience Forum panel discussion at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17). Listening (from left) are Kenya’s Minister of Tourism and Chair of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre – East Africa (GTRCMC – EA) – Minister Najib Balala, and GTRCMC Executive Director, Professor Lloyd Waller.
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessTourism

Collective Approach Needed To Overcome COVID-19 – Minister Bartlett

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is calling for a more collective and inclusive approach among countries globally to overcome the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, particularly in relation to vaccine access. Speaking during a Global Tourism Resilience Forum at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17), Mr. Bartlett said countries have generally “not learned to respond together to global actions” citing the pandemic...
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Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (at podium), addressing the launch of Global Tourism Resilience Day at EXPO2020 Dubai on Thursday (February 17).
Foreign AffairsTourism

Jamaica Launches Global Tourism Resilience Day At EXPO2020 Dubai

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, on Thursday (February 17) launched Global Tourism Resilience Day during EXPO2020 Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Day, which is the brainchild of Mr. Bartlett, will be observed annually on February 17. The observance forms part of the thrust to heighten global tourism stakeholder awareness and actions towards strengthening the industry’s capacity to...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses a recent function at the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) located at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona.
Tourism

Up To 12 More Global Tourism Resilience Centres By Mid-Year

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that 10 to 12 Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centres (GTRCMC) will be established around the world by the middle of the year. He made the disclosure at a recent function at the GTRCMC located at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. The Minister informed that the expansion of the GTRCMC...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Foreign AffairsTourism

Jamaica Looking To Woo Investors At EXPO2020 Dubai

The Government is looking to leverage Jamaica’s participation in EXPO2020 Dubai to attract investments from business interests in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), among other countries. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, who heads Jamaica’s delegation attending the global event, said that “shovel-ready” projects are available at the country’s pavilion, which features displays...
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