Cruise ships are set to return to Falmouth on November 8, following an 18-month absence due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Italian liner, Costa, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, will be making a much-anticipated call to the Trelawny capital. An elated Mayor Colin Gager, told JIS News that the visit by the vessel is welcomed news for local officials, businesses,...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) joins the Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic (centre) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith, as they pause for the lenses during a recent courtesy call by the High Commissioner at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. They engaged in an extensive discussion about changes in the travel...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says players in the tourism industry are at risk of losing out on potential visitors and foreign earnings if front-line staff fail to support the national COVID-19 vaccination programme. Mr. Bartlett told journalists at a tablet and laptop handover ceremony at the Holiday Inn Resort and Spa in St. James on October 8 it is...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica has welcomed a total of 1,285,368 visitors since the reopening of the country’s borders in June 2020, with estimated earnings of US$1.7 billion. He said that the figures, up to September 2021, comprise approximately 1,276,987 stopover visitors and 8,381 cruise passengers. He noted that the forecast for 2021 is for 1.57 million visitors...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says 60 per cent of the country’s tourism workers are vaccinated. Providing an update in the House of Representatives on October 13, Mr. Bartlett said the vaccination of tourism workers is key to the sector’s full recovery. He noted that the vaccination rate among tourism workers was more than double the national average, adding that...

Plans are advanced to create a digital experience for Jamaica’s tourism product. This was revealed by Director of Tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Donovan White, during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston. “Our digital experience is a part of our growth over the last three years.  Building a product takes some...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the world’s largest travel tourism company, TUI, is to facilitate the travel of some 2,000 passengers from the UK and surrounding region to Jamaica this October. He said this recent development comes after the UK’s announcement to lift the travel advisory against all non-essential travel to Jamaica based on a current assessment of risks...