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Image odf the Sandals White House property along Jamaica's south coast.

JAMAICA | Opening the economy, June too soon!

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica May 17, 2020 - I was pleasantly surprised at first when I saw the recent Sandals advertisement on MSNBC, announcing the opening of its flagship Jamaican product, and was moved with a sense of awkward pride. Pride in a brand that is the embodiment of unparalleled excellence and refinement, unmatched by any first world tourism product.

May 17, 2020
Published in Opinion

Jamaica's Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.

JAMAICA | No date yet for tourism industry re-opening

KINGSTON, May 13, 2020 - The government has not yet decided on a date for the reopening of the tourism industry, but that one will be announced as soon as a decision is taken.

May 13, 2020
Published in Tourism

Jamaica In Dialogue With Key Tourism Partners

KINGSTON, March 24, 2020 - Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCM) will be charged with driving the recovery of tourism in Jamaica and elsewhere in the region post COVID-19.

March 24, 2020
Published in Tourism

Passengers on the Marella Discovery II, Melonie Oakley (right) and her daughter, Melonie Brown, getting ready to return on the cruise ship after touring Kingston on Monday (January 20).

JAMAICA | Port Royal Welcomes First Cruise Ship

KINGSTON, January 21, 2020 - The historic town of Port Royal, in Kingston, welcomed its first cruise ship, the Marella Discovery II, on Monday, at the newly constructed Port Royal Cruise Port, constructed by the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ), in an effort to expand cruise tourism to Kingston.

January 21, 2020
Published in Tourism

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmond Bartlett (right), displays the 2019 Tourism Sector Performance report at a press conference held today (January 15), at the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) offices in New Kingston. With the Minister is Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Jennifer Griffith | MIchael Sloley Photo

JAMAICA | Tourist Industry Earns US$500 Million More Than Last Year

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 17, 2020- Tourism Minister Edmond Bartlett, says preliminary report from the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is showing that in 2019, the sector earned between US$3.7 billion and US$3.8 billion, some US$500 million more than in 2018.

January 18, 2020
Published in Tourism

Co-Director of Cornwall Funding Services Limited, Junior Gordon (left), addresses guests during the entity’s 5th Anniversary Awards Ceremony at Sunscape Resort & Spa in Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday October 19. Listening is business partner, Joe Hylton.

JAMAICA | Bartlett Welcomes Increasing Levels of Foreign Direct Investments in Tourism

MONTEGO BAY, October 21, 2019 - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says there is no cause for concern by Jamaicans over the increasing levels of foreign direct investments (FDI) in the country’s tourism industry.

October 22, 2019
Published in Tourism

JAMAICA | Sustainable Economic Development - Is Jamaica on the right path?

KINGSTON, September 24, 2019 - In spite of all the positive economic fundamentals for Jamaica and the activity in Tourism, Agriculture, Construction and Bauxite Alumina, in particular, our GDP growth rate remains anemic in the 1-2% range.

September 24, 2019
Published in Opinion

JAMAICA | Bartlett Urges Regional Response to Curtail Sargassum Threats

KINGSTON, Jamaica July 27, 2019 -Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, says a strong collective regional effort is needed to curtail the rapidly growing threats posed by the influx of sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean.

July 29, 2019
Published in Environment

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