Jamaica and Saudi Arabia are exploring a number of areas in which there can be collaboration between the two countries. This was disclosed by Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, after guiding the Minister of Tourism for Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, on a tour of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre at the University of...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has called on the countries of the Americas to redouble their efforts in finding practical and meaningful solutions for the reactivation of the travel and tourism sector. He was speaking on Thursday (June 24), at the 66th meeting of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Regional Commission for the Americas (CAM) and the...

Director of Tourism at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Donovan White, says Wednesday’s (June 23) tour of the Bob Marley Museum by the Minister of Tourism for Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, bodes well for destination Jamaica. “To have the Hon. Minister here on this tour was exhilarating for me personally, but even more so for the destination,”...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has revealed that since its reopening in June 2020, the tourism sector has been driving the economic recovery of Jamaica’s economy, through a steady increase in arrivals and tourism earnings. Minister Bartlett expressed that “preliminary figures indicate that since the reopening of the tourism sector on June 15, 2020, Jamaica has recorded a total of...

Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili and Minister of Tourism for Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb, are among the global tourism officials who will visit Jamaica this week to attend the blended staging of the UNWTO’s 66th Regional Commission of the Americas (CAM) on June 24th. The trip will mark Mr. Pololikashvili’s...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left) expresses sincere appreciation to St. James Public Health Department staff and other healthcare workers for their commitment in going the extra mile to vaccinate the public against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Minister Bartlett lauded the workers as he visited the vaccination blitz site at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Saturday, June 19, 2021. He...

Preparations are in high gear to enable Jamaican producers to better meet the demands of a revived tourism industry. To this end, the Ministry of Tourism is working in tandem with the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries and has initiated a series of high-level meetings to finalize the requisite arrangements. Two crucial meetings were held at the Montego Bay Convention...