Today, we join the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the global community in celebrating World Tourism Day.  This year’s theme: “Tourism and Rural Development” highlights the unique role that tourism plays in providing opportunities outside of big cities and preserving cultural and natural heritage all around the world. Here in Jamaica, this theme will guide our activities for...

The Ministry of Tourism is staging photo and jingle competitions to mark Tourism Awareness Week (TAW) from September 27 to October 3. Speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank, Director of Tourism, Donovan White, said that the competitions are part of strategies being employed by the Ministry, its agencies and industry partners to raise awareness about the importance of tourism...

Tourism Awareness Week will begin on Sunday, September 27, with a virtual church service, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The service will be held at Trumpet Call Ministries International, in Montego Bay, and streamed live via the Ministry of Tourism’s Youtube and Facebook pages. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, at the agency’s head office in Kingston, on September 22, Director...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, will participate in international webinars as part of activities to observe Tourism Awareness Week from September 27 to October 3. The Minister provided details at a JIS Think Tank, held at the agency’s head office in Kingston on September 22. “I am going to be involved with some international webinars. One with the United...

‘Tourism and Rural Development’ is the theme for this year’s observance of Tourism Awareness Week (TAW), slated for September 27 to October 3. Speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston on Tuesday (September 22), Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, disclosed that several activities will be held digitally to mark this year’s...

The Ministry of Tourism is seeking to create a Supplies Hub that will help to position Jamaica as the premier logistics centre in the region for training and certification of tourism workers, suppliers for cruise and airlines, and resilience and technology support. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, made the disclosure during the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) virtual staging...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the sector’s investment climate remains buoyant, as evidenced by the number of projects on track for completion, despite the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Mr. Bartlett, who was speaking during the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association’s (JHTA) online annual general meeting on September 18, reiterated that 90 per cent of the planned...