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Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (second left), listens keenly to Director of the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation, Carol Rose Brown (third left), during a recent tour of the artisan village located at the Hampden Wharf, in Trelawny. Also on the tour (from left) are: Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Project Manager, Robin Reid; Chairman of the TEF, Hon Godfrey Dyer, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith.
Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (second left), listens keenly to Director of the Jamaica Centre of Tourism Innovation, Carol Rose Brown (third left), during a recent tour of the artisan village located at the Hampden Wharf, in Trelawny. Also on the tour (from left) are: Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Dr. Carey Wallace; Project Manager, Robin Reid; Chairman of the TEF, Hon Godfrey Dyer, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Jennifer Griffith.

Tourism Minister Says Artisan Village In Trelawny Will Be Major Hit With Visitors

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the artisan village in Trelawny will further add to the appeal of its capital, Falmouth, as a growing tourism mecca. Speaking to JIS News, following a February 5 tour of the facility, which is...
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett

Registration For Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme To Begin Shortly
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), delivers brief remarks following the signing of a multi-destination agreement with Panama, as part of efforts to strengthen tourism relations between both countries. Sharing in the moment are Minister of Tourism for the Republic of Panama, Hon. Iván Eskildsen Alfaro (right) and Secretary of Tourism in Mexico, Hon. Miguel Torruco Marqués. The agreement was signed on January 24 in Spain.
Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), delivers brief remarks following the signing of a multi-destination agreement with Panama, as part of efforts to strengthen tourism relations between both countries. Sharing in the moment are Minister of Tourism for the Republic of Panama, Hon. Iván Eskildsen Alfaro (right) and Secretary of Tourism in Mexico, Hon. Miguel Torruco Marqués. The agreement was signed on January 24 in Spain.

Tourism Minister Calls For More Multi-Destination Marketing
Farmers in Lilliput, St. James, engage in backyard farming by utilising hydroponic technology to produce vegetables that are sold to the hotels.
Farmers in Lilliput, St. James, engage in backyard farming by utilising hydroponic technology to produce vegetables that are sold to the hotels.

Minister Bartlett Says Farm Tourism Has Great Potential
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Port Royal Ferry jetty

Old Ferry Jetty in Port Royal Restored

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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), with Iberostar Resorts Chairman and Owner, Miguel Fluxa (left); and Founder of Palladium Hotel Group, Abel Matutes, following a meeting with Inverotel, an association representing Spanish Hoteliers and Operators, in Spain’s capital city, Madrid, on January 23.
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Spanish Hotel Operators Commend Government For Workers’ Pension Scheme

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the positive reaction to the Government’s Tourism Workers’ Pension Scheme by Spanish hotel interests is “a major step” in the right direction. He was responding to comments by some of the major Spanish hotel players praising the Government for taking a proactive step towards the implementation of the scheme and for looking out...
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Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre), speaking with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith; and President and Chief Executive Officer, Port Authority of Jamaica, Professor Gordon Shirley, at a reception held at the new Port Royal Naval Dockyard on Monday (January 20), to culminate the inaugural call of the Marella Discovery II to the historic town.
Tourism

Cruise Ship Call To Port Royal A Success – Minister Grange

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, is hailing the inaugural call of the cruise ship, Marella Discovery II, to the historic town of Port Royal on Monday (January 20) as a success. She said the feedback from the visitors indicate that they were pleased with the day’s activities, which included a tour of various sites in...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre); Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (second right); Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right); President and Chief Executive Officer, Port Authority of Jamaica, Gordon Shirley (left); and Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Audrey Sewell, walking through the newly constructed Port Royal Cruise Port facility on Monday (January 21), to greet passengers of the Marella Discovery II.
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Port Royal Welcomes First Cruise Ship

The historic town of Port Royal, in Kingston, welcomed its first cruise ship, the Marella Discovery II, on Monday (January 20). It was also the first time that a ship was stopping at the newly constructed Port Royal Cruise Port, constructed by the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ). After the ship docked at approximately 8:00 a.m., Ministers of Government, led...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (right) and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (centre) enjoying a light moment with Chairman of the Jamaica Carnival Stakeholders Committee, Kamal Bankay (left) at the 2020 Launch of Carnival in Jamaica on Thursday (January 16) at AC Hotel by Marriott in Kingston.
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Tourism Ministry To Develop Cultural Events Into Products

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett says his Ministry is moving towards developing Jamaica’s unique cultural events into products that can be marketed as part of the country’s tourism offerings. “Events are good but you can’t market and package events in the way you do a product. In tourism, we drive and market products so we can package the product...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (second right), converses with (from left) Chief Executive Officer of Island Grill, Thalia Lyn; Senior Director of Public Affairs at J. Wray and Nephew, Tanikie McLarty Allen; and Director of Marketing at J. Wray and Nephew, Marsha Lumley, at the Rum Festival launch on January 15 at Devon House in Kingston.
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Tourism Minister Wants Jamaica Rum Festival Added to Offerings

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says he wants the annual Jamaica Rum Festival to become a part of the island’s tourism offerings, and has given the Ministry’s support to help make the event an established product. Speaking at the launch of the Festival on January 15 at Devon House in Kingston, the Minister said that the Ministry, along with the...
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Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, addresses press conference at the Jamaica Tourist Board offices in New Kingston, on January 15. With the Minister is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith.
Tourism

Jamaica To Benefit from Hosting UNWTO Summit

Jamaica is to benefit from hosting the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Summit on Innovation, Resilience and Crisis Management. According to Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, the focus on resilience tops global agendas, and it is through capacity enhancement that the country will be able to respond meaningfully to “global disruptions that are coming at us daily”....
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President, Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Professor Gordon Shirley provides an update on Port Royal’s redevelopment as the country’s newest cruise port terminal at the Port Authority’s Harbour Department, Newport East, during a media sensitization tour on January 17.
Tourism

Port Royal Welcomes Cruise Ship On Monday

President, Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), Professor Gordon Shirley is reporting that the development of the Port Royal cruise port terminal is at a “reasonably advanced stage” of completion, ahead of the first cruise call on Monday, January 20. The terminal is located on nine acres of land acquired by the PAJ, at the Old Coal Wharf, a section adjacent...
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