The Government, in partnership with the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), has launched a [coronavirus] COVID-19 Ambassador Programme, geared towards promoting proper hygiene and peer encouragement in the tourism sector, to prevent the spread of the virus. Since the Government reopened the borders for the entry of tourists into the country after the declaration of the pandemic, there have...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has called on tourism leaders across the globe to activate the sector’s natural resilience in order to preserve the industry’s growth and transmission into the next phase of existence. “The world is depending upon this sector to be a shoulder on which the global economy stands in order to see the future ahead and...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica is uniquely poised to capitalise on a surge in wellness tourism as persons seek relief from the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “It is safe to anticipate that notwithstanding the toll on the travel industry, a lot of people will be anxious to go to some place where they can revive...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says an early distribution of a potential vaccine could spur a quicker than expected return to normality in the tourism sector. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking to JIS News at the two-day Health and Wellness conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St. James, which started on November 18, cautioned that while the recent...

Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett, is optimistic of a major turnaround in visitor arrivals and earnings in 2021. The positive outlook is spurred by an increase in airlift and the expected return of cruise shipping early next year. “As we look outward to 2021 and based on the level of air seat commitment as well as cruise porting schedule…...

The second annual Jamaica Health and Wellness Tourism Conference gets under way on Wednesday (November 18) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The two-day event, being organised by the Tourism Linkages Network under the theme ‘Reimagine, Reset, Restore’, will also be live-streamed on YouTube and Facebook @tefjamaica. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett,...

Craft traders in three resort areas have benefited from the Executive Leadership Training programme, organised by the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo). The two-day training workshop began in March with representatives from executive bodies of craft markets in Negril and Kingston and continued in October with Port Antonio, following a break due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Licence Processing and...