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...

The Tourism Ministry is gearing up to participate in the World Travel Market to be staged in London in November as part of preparation for the upcoming winter tourist season. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said Jamaica will be making several “key presentations” at the international travel event, which is being held for the first time since the COVID-19...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says airline and cruise partners are clearly impressed with Jamaica’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and have been showing a renewed interest in the island as a destination of choice. “It is clear that our resilient corridors [where visitors are restricted to certain prescribed areas that are approved and given the greenlight for movement...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says news that the United Kingdom Government has lifted its travel advisory against all non-essential travel to Jamaica is a major boost for Jamaica’s economic recovery. Speaking to JIS News by phone on Friday, (October 8), Mr. Bartlett also noted that “this great news” comes on the heels of a successful trip to the...

A virtual concert to celebrate Tourism Awareness Week will be held on October 1 beginning at 2:00 p.m. The concert will be streamed live on the YouTube channels of the Ministry of Tourism, Visit Jamaica and Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) as well as on Facebook @TourismJa. It will include performances from Tarrus Riley, Gramps Morgan and Yaksta. Speaking...