KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 6, 2021 - President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader, says that the vaccination of tourism workers is essential in safeguarding the industry.
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Montego Bay, Jamaica, August 31, 2021: Shadow Minister of Tourism, Senator Janice Allen has expressed condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of former Director of Tourism, and advertising executive Mr. Adrian Robinson who died yesterday after ailing for some time.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 23, 2021 - Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica is poised to generate approximately US$1.5 billion in earnings from some one million visitor arrivals by the end of August as the sector rebounds from the ravages of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
BARBADOS, July 23, 2021 - The Caribbean Tourism Organization, CTO, says with the 2021 summer season under way, there is increasing evidence in the marketplace that pent-up demand is roaring back much earlier and at a much quicker pace than forecasters had predicted.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 23, 2021 - The 18-member Tourism Reboot Panel, chaired by Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, has submitted a preliminary report.
ST. JOHNS, Antigua, August 28, 2021 - Prime Minister Gaston Browne says ffective today Antigua and Barbuda will slash its airport taxes on airline tickets in half for travel within CARICOM.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 25, 2021 - Several Caribbean countries have been added to the United Kingdom’s ‘green list’ where travellers on this list of countries will no longer have to COVID- 19 quarantine upon entry to that country.
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, June 25, 2021 - Opposition spokesperson on tourism, Senator Janice Allen wants the government to review the method of awarding work permits, particularly in the tourism sector where there has been an influx of foreign workers doing jobs which can be done by Jamaicans.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 9, 2021 - Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, says visitor arrivals for June are estimated at 150,000 as the sector continues to rebound.
