by LTC Writer | Dec 5, 2022 | Pulse
Executive Director of Jamaica Vacations (JamVac), Joy Roberts, says the 2022/2023 cruise-shipping season will see a major turnaround for Jamaica, following the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “For starts, 2022 going into 2023 will see Royal Caribbean sending...
by Charmaine Clarke | Oct 27, 2022 | Pulse
With more millennials booking cruises, Jamaica’s tourism ministry, its various agencies and local stakeholders are working to come up with new activities for them to do when they come ashore. The move is expected to be a boon for community tourism. “We have passengers...
by LTC Writer | Dec 10, 2021 | Pulse
Jamaica’s licensed craft traders will benefit from a grant to help them prepare for the winter tourist season which gets underway on December 15. The special Winter Tourist Season Capacity Building Support Programme will be spearheaded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund...
by LTC Writer | Nov 30, 2021 | Pulse
When the Montego Bay Cruise Port welcomes the Carnival Glory, on December 1, its first cruise ship since the re-opening of the local cruise industry, it will also mark the return of operations to all the island’s major cruise ports. The conquest-class cruise ship is...
by LTC Writer | Nov 29, 2021 | Pulse
Jamaica has its sights set on welcoming three million cruise ship visitors by 2025 through the combined efforts of the country’s tourism ministry, its various agencies and the Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ). Tourism minister Edmund Bartlett made the announcement...
