The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is pleased to announce the launch of a new commemorative award programme established in memory of Edith Baxter, a long-time Canadian publishing icon who passed away in late 2020. Founded in partnership with the Baxter family, the Edith Baxter Memorial Award will recognize an outstanding community leader who uses their influence to elevate Destination Jamaica...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett will join other global tourism decision-makers in Mexico for the World Travel & Tourism Council’s Global Summit 2021. The event is being organized in partnership with the Government of Quintana Roo, under the theme ‘Uniting the World for Recovery,’ and will run from April 25-27 in Cancun. While in Mexico, the Minister will be participating in...

The St. Thomas Tourism Destination Development and Management Plan has been completed and will be unveiled in the 2021/2022 fiscal year. This disclosure was made by Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, today (April 23) at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ held at the agency’s head office in Kingston. “The Prime Minister had given instructions as it relates...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says that Jamaica continues to command the attention of the main global tourism players and remains “top of the mind” in the marketplace. He noted that during the pandemic “when very little is happening across the world”, the island took top honors in six categories at the 2020 World Travel Awards. “The world, in...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Government continues to provide much-needed support to small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTEs) that are being impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic These include artisans and craft vendors, transportation providers, restaurants and eateries, bed and breakfast operators and farmers. “Within the last few months, we have built out a robust support structure...

Jamaica is poised to benefit from some US$2 billion in foreign and local direct tourism investments over the next two years. Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, said that these projects will yield more than 7,000 new hotel rooms and generate more than 20,000 new full and part-time jobs. He was delivering the opening 2021/22 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House...

Viking Cruises has joined the Norwegian Cruise Line in ‘home-porting’ one of their vessels in Jamaica. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, announced on Tuesday (April 20), that Viking Cruises will have a Jamaican itinerary starting August. Viking joins the previously announced Norwegian Cruise Line, which is scheduled to begin service from Montego Bay that same month. “They (Viking Cruises)...