Bartlett bats for regional airline

Bartlett bats for regional airline

Chairman of the OAS Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR) and Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett sees the need for an effective regional airline to boost tourism in the Caribbean. His call came at the opening session of the Organisation of American...
60 years of tourism in Jamaica

60 years of tourism in Jamaica

Tourism, Jamaica’s main economic engine, has grown exponentially since the island’s shedding of its colonial status on August 6, 1962. In fact, a closer look at numbers provided by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) will show that the tourism sector has shown strong and...
Jamaica looks to AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST

Jamaica looks to AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST

Jamaica’s source markets for tourists are being further expanded and diversified to include several countries in Africa and the Middle East. Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett said the Government has engaged counterpart officials and airline executives in those regions...
Tourism resilience on the agenda at OAS meeting

Tourism resilience on the agenda at OAS meeting

Jamaica will host a high-level policy forum of the Organisation of American States (OAS) from July 20-21, to focus on safeguarding the region’s tourism sector from disruptions, including a looming recession. “It relates primarily to building resilience among the small...
Investment opportunities in Jamaica’s tourism sector

Investment opportunities in Jamaica’s tourism sector

From Westmoreland to Portland, Jamaica is ripe with investment opportunities in the tourism sector. That was the message Prime Minister Andrew Holness had for a delegation of more than 70 private sector players and government officials from Saudi Arabia who were in...