The Ministry of Tourism has committed some $300 million towards a major boost for community tourism. The money is to be disbursed to 63 communities across the country to have small events and activ...
The largely squatter community of Grange Pen in St James has been earmarked for an almost $1 billion improvement under the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Resort Squatter Settlements Upgrade Project. ...
Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has expressed the view that the availability of higher learning in the field of tourism could raise the esteem of the workforce in the sector. "My view is that wh...
In arguing that technology is a tool to strengthen the competitiveness of SMTEs, Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, has announced that the Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) ar...
The St Ann police have arrested and charged a bus driver whose vehicle hit down an American tourist on the Bull Point main road in Ocho Rios, St Ann last week, resulting in the visitor’s death. The...
Buju Banton's Long Walk to Freedom (LWTF) concert last Saturday has been identified as a major factor behind a significant increase in visitors to the island this month. According to the Minis...
A former Vice President of the People's National Party (PNP), Dr Karl Blythe, has lauded Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, for the minister’s outstanding contribution to the tourism sector which has ...
Day two of the Jamaica Rum Fest carried the baton from day one with aplomb. There was nothing there to be sad about it. The rum made it better and better. “If you know Appleton shot, put you ...
The government is projecting gross earnings of US$3.6 billion from the tourism industry for the 2019/20 fiscal year. Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, told the Standing Finance Committee of...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has given Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett high marks for the steps he has taken to ensure the security of tourists arriving in the island. Speaking recently, Holness ...