Director of Tourism, Donovan White (second left) with the riders at Redlight District during the Discover Jamaica by Bike event.
The Spanish Court Hotel in Kingston was abuzz last Saturday as the first leg of Discover Jamaica by Bike headed off to Holywell Park in the hills of Blue Mountains.
Members of the Jamaica Cycling Association, led by Dennis Chung, participated in the ride, which took them along: Trafalgar Road, pass Devon House, Bob Marley Museum, Hope Gardens, then to Papine, Strawberry Hill Gordon Town Road, Craighton Estate, Irish Town and up the trail to Holywell Park.
The foundation for this consumer cycling experience was set in 2020 when Director of Tourism, Donovan White and members of the Association participated in the pilot phase of the event. The experience is a new tourism initiative rooted in active travel and the development of outdoor programmes and is expected to be a staple on the menu of things to do across the island.
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Audley Shaw (left), shares in the symbolic handover of $20 million by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund to benefit community entrepreneurs under the Enterprise Development Project at Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on Wed. Also pictured (l-r) are Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney; beneficiaries Lorna Green and Shawn Castell; Opposition Spokesperson on Education and Training, Dr Angela Brown Burke; and Local Government Minister, Desmond McKenzie.
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