Tourism Round up Recaps this year’s staging of the Jamaica Rum Festival.

The Ministry of Tourism is reporting that the final arrangements have been made to officially begin the tourism workers’ pension scheme. Portfolio Minister Edmund Bartlett says the contracts have been signed between the fund manager Sagicor and the administrators Guardian Life.Press play to hear more about this initiative.

As part of efforts to help businesses in the tourism sector to deal with the economic impact of COVID 19, the Government will be providing grant assistance over the next 3 months for Micro small and medium sized tourism business owners. Press play to hear more about this initiative.

The Jamaica Rum festival 2020 was a day filled with food, fun and of course rum. Thousands of persons turned out to the Hope Botanical Gardens to support the event, and there were lots of positive reviews. Press play to hear more from its patrons on this edition of Tourism Round-Up.

St. Ann is now in sharp focus as Karisma Hotels and Resorts has broken ground for a 4800 room development. Press play to find out how this latest development will have a positive on the parish on this edition of Tourism Round Up.

Falmouth is growing in popularity as a tourist destination, with a number of new hotels opening in recent time and others under construction. In addition to that, a new artisan village is soon to open its doors to cruise passengers and tourists. Press play to learn more about this initiative.

Workers in the tourism industry are one step closer to having an official pension scheme. Preliminary registrations have begun across the industry for the pension plan, set to impact over 300,000 workers. Press play to learn more on this week’s tourism round up.