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Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (left), speaks with Chairman of JSIF, Dr. Wayne Henry during the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) II seminar at the AC Hotel by Marriott in St. Andrew on July 29.
Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney (left), speaks with Chairman of JSIF, Dr. Wayne Henry during the Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) II seminar at the AC Hotel by Marriott in St. Andrew on July 29.

JSIF Approves Funding To Revise Community Tourism Policy And Facilitate Demand Study

The board of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has approved funding of $50 million for the evaluation and revision of the National Community Tourism Policy as well as the facilitation of a demand study. Approximately $30 million will go...
Corporate Communications and Community Awareness Coordinator, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Marline Stephenson Dalley.
Corporate Communications and Community Awareness Coordinator, Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Marline Stephenson Dalley.

TPDCo Hosts Webinar To Commemorate 25th Anniversary
Resident of Brown’s Town in St. Ann, Andy Smythe, displays plastic bottles he collected for drop-off during a plastic bottle drive organized in the town by Recycling Partners of Jamaica, on Friday (July 23).
Resident of Brown’s Town in St. Ann, Andy Smythe, displays plastic bottles he collected for drop-off during a plastic bottle drive organized in the town by Recycling Partners of Jamaica, on Friday (July 23).

Recycling Partners Stage Plastic Bottle Collection Drive in Brown’s Town
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), views products on display during the seventh ‘Christmas in July’ tradeshow at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, following the opening ceremony on Thursday (July 22). Others (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry, Jennifer Griffith; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira; Chairman, Manufacturing Technical Working Group, Tourism Linkages Council, Richard Pandohie; and Director, Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), views products on display during the seventh ‘Christmas in July’ tradeshow at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston, following the opening ceremony on Thursday (July 22). Others (from left) are: Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry, Jennifer Griffith; Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), Valerie Veira; Chairman, Manufacturing Technical Working Group, Tourism Linkages Council, Richard Pandohie; and Director, Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald-Riley.

COVID-19 Vaccines for Tourism Industry Workers
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, delivers the keynote address during the opening ceremony for the seventh ‘Christmas in July’ tradeshow at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (July 22).
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, delivers the keynote address during the opening ceremony for the seventh ‘Christmas in July’ tradeshow at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on Thursday (July 22).

Tourism Earnings To Reach US$ 1.5 Billion, 1 Million Visitors By August 31

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Executive Director, Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace. (File Photo)
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TEF Seeks Input From Residents To Develop Beach

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) is seeking the input of residents in St. Mary, through an online survey, to assist with the development of the Rio Nuevo Beach facility. Rio Nuevo Beach is among 10  being developed across Jamaica by the TEF to include basic infrastructure, such as parking lots, road access, restrooms and change rooms. Residents are being asked...
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Director of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley.​
Tourism

Jamaicans Encouraged To Support Local Artisans At Christmas In July

Jamaicans are being encouraged to support local artisans whose products will be showcased at this year’s virtual staging of the Christmas in July Trade Show. The event, being hosted by the Tourism Linkages Network, will be streamed live on Facebook @tefjamaica and tourismja; Instagram @tefjamaica and YouTube via the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) and the Ministry of Tourism channels, on...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett
Tourism

Tourism Minister Commends TPDCO on 25 Years of Sustaining Jamaica’s Tourism Product

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has commended the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) for its role in sustaining Jamaica’s tourism product. The Minister’s comments were made in a video message at the TPDCo 25th Anniversary Church Service held recently at the Andrews Memorial Seventh Day Adventist Church in Kingston and Fresh Bread Ministries in Montego Bay. “Since opening its doors...
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Director of the Tourism Linkages Network, Carolyn McDonald Riley.
Tourism

New Participants For Christmas In July Trade Show

Several new participants will showcase their locally made gifts and souvenir items at this year’s staging of the Christmas in July Trade Show. Christmas in July will be streamed live on Instagram and Facebook @tefjamaica and on the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) YouTube channel on July 22, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The event, being hosted by the Tourism Linkages Network,...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett. (JIS File Photo)
Tourism

Investments By Chukka Caribbean A Sign Of Investor Confidence – Minister Bartlett

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the investments made by Chukka Caribbean Adventures to upgrade and reopen facilities in Jamaica, during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, is a further indication of investor confidence in the strengthening of the local tourism sector. Chukka spent US$2 million on a new nature adventure park, which opened in Sandy Bay, Hanover last December, and...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, greets members of the Chukka Caribbean Adventures team during a recent visit to the entity
Tourism

Tourism Recovery Faster Than Expected – Minister Bartlett

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, says the recovery of the tourism sector is taking place faster than anticipated with arrivals for the year now projected at 1.8 million visitors. He credited the strong performance to Jamaica's management of the pandemic, noting that the “quality of the product was maintained”, which has “done us well”. He noted that over the...
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Nathania Hall (left), who was first in line off the inaugural nonstop flight from Zurich to Montego Bay on Monday night, July 5, gets a COVID-19-compliant greeting from Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett.
Tourism

Tourism Minister Says Country’s Response To COVID-19 Has Attention Of Airline Partners

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s COVID-19 response, plus the country’s ever-growing reputation as a safe and seamless destination, has been getting the attention of airline partners and travellers from all over the world. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking to reporters at the Sangster International Airport (SIA), following the inaugural Edelweiss Air flight WK028 from  Zurich, Switzerland, on...
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