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The spa is reputed to have healing properties and attracts visitors from all over Jamaica to ameliorate ailments such as rheumatism, gout and lumbago. The waters have radioactivity of 16m curries per litre (which is about 50 times as radioactive as the waters of Vichy in France and 54 times as radioactive as the waters of Baden in Switzerland). According...

To create the conditions for accelerating the rate of growth of visitor numbers to Jamaica. JamVac will provide, protect and increase the airlift capacity on both schedule and charter routes by working with existing and potential new carriers to create sufficient capacity on each route.

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, is committed to ensuring that industry information is available to its affiliates and the public. The Tourism Information Publishing Site (TIPS) was established to serve as the main source of information on the marketing and development of Jamaica as the premier Caribbean tourist destination.

The Entertainment Advisory Board has been re-established and will seek to guide and influence the policies and programmes, aimed at developing the sector.The function of the board, will among other things, strengthen private-public partnership of the industry to economic and social development. It will also provide advice to the Ministry regarding key issues and strategies, specifically the development of an...

The Devon House Heritage Site is owned by the Government of Jamaica, and falls directly under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism. The property is currently managed by The Devon House Development Limited, which became operational in February 2002 to oversee the re-development of Devon House, and manage its promotion and maintenance as the premier cultural attraction in the...

The Bath Fountain, located in the foothills of the John Crow mountains in St. Thomas are reputed to have healing qualities. The natural spring waters are believed to aid in the recovery of a wide range of ailments, including gout, rheumatism and skin conditions. There are two springs, one cold and one piping hot which flow through the rocks on...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) is the principal community organization agency working with Jamaica’s 783 communities. Positioned in the Ministry of Local Government & Community Development, the SDC continues to execute its legal mandate to inter alia, “promote and control schemes for, and to do any act or thing which may directly or indirectly serve the advancement of – sport,...

The MGD has the statutory responsibility under the Mining Act and the Quarries Control Act to exercise general supervision over all prospecting, mining and quarrying operations throughout the island. The Division also manages the investigation, characterization, documentation and release information on all aspects of the geology of Jamaica.