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With 47 per cent of workers being vaccinated against COVID-19, tourism interests are expressing o...

ST JAMES, Jamaica — President of the Jamaica Co-operative Automobile and Limousine ...

More than 300 employees of Moon Palace Jamaica in Ocho Rios and nearby ...

Health and wellness tourism has been identified as a key area that will help to drive growth in the Jamaica tourism industry moving forward, in light of the new norm created in the global travel and hospitality market, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This position was outlined by Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett at the opening of the two-day Jamaica Health and Wellness Tourism Conference now underway at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. This is the second such conference being hosted by...

The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has reminded stakeholders in the local tourism industry of the necessity to observe all health and safety protocols within their properties as overseas tourism markets open up following mass

THERE are concerns that Jamaica could be losing out on the tourism market due to a lag in...

COVID-19 positivity rate for tourists returning to the US less than one percent Clifton Reader KINGSTON, Jamaica – The COVID-19 positivity rate for tourists returning to the United States is less than one percent. This was noted by the President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), Clifton Reader, in an online forum held recently. He pointed out that before a guest can return to the United States, they must do an Antigen test, adding that from a sample size of almost 100 perce...

Tourism stakeholders are appealing for strong take-up of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine among workers and operators in the resilient corridors. Chairman of the Tourism Resilient Corridors Committee, John Byles, said that the move will propel Jamaica to “the front of the line” as a nation “that is taking the vaccination exercise very seriously.” “We are calling on all tourism interests along the corridors to mobilise so we can protect our businesses,” he urged. “We need to be a...

ST JAMES, Jamaica— The tourism sector accounted for the largest take-up of the COVID-19 vac...

With more people opting to take vacations locally due to global travel restrictions broug...