The Government is to spend $400 million this year, under the first phase of a major upgrading project in the resort town of Negril, in Westmoreland. This phase includes rehabilation...

Preliminary figures from the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment show that Jamaica received 10,000 additional stopover visitors during the 2013/14 winter tourist season. This represents a two per cent increase...

The Ministries of Tourism and Entertainment, and Industry, Investment and Commerce, have collaborated for the development of a major economic initiative aimed at attracting more local and foreign investments into...

Eminent academic and renowned poet, Professor Mervyn Morris, was officially installed as Poet Laureate of Jamaica during an investiture ceremony at King’s House on May 22. Born in Kingston in...

As of July 31, promoters and organisers of entertainment events will be required to have their events rated, based on stipulations outlined by the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment. The...

The Ministry of Tourism is to establish an Entertainment Registry, on July 31, 2014, aimed at certifying and registering local entertainment practitioners. Speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on May...

Three hundred students are to this year participate in the Tourism Enhancement Fund’s (TEF) Summer Internship Programme, which is geared at introducing participants to the world of work, and assisting...

Executive Director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), Clyde Harrison, has reported that the entity spends an estimated $2 billion each year on projects and programmes geared at enhancing the...