Jamaica News
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ARUBA, 2017/09/10
Resilient, powerful, strong and faithful. This is how Ramon Andrew described the people of Turks and Caicos. Ramon Andrews, the outspoken director of Tourism for the Caribbeans island country Turks and Caicos sounded somehow relieved at the same time as he updated the media today on the current situation on his island, specifically commenting on the safety of visitors and visitor industry professionals.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2017/09/09
Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the initial six months of 2017, some 36 million additional than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, increase was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010.
Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect strong request for international travel in the initial half of 2017, according to the new UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 6% compared to the same six-month period last year, well above the sustained and consistent trend of 4% or higher increase since 2010. This represents the strongest half-year in seven years.
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JAMAICA, 2017/05/29
Financial institutions, inclunding the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), are being urged by Jamaica’s Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, to better establish a window of opportunity for Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises (SMTEs) and to invest additional in tourism in the region. Bartlett argued that a additional significant contribution to national economies and its citizens can only come through improving the capacity of people to provide an enhanced visitor experience.
Bartlett’s analysis came out his participation in a high-level panel discussion Thursday at the 47th Annual Conference of the Board of Governors of the CDB in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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JAMAICA, 2017/05/04
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says there are strong indications that Jamaica could reach its goal of five million visitors in a single year, before than before projected.
Bartlett, recently back from a working trip that included stops in Addis Ababa, Dubai and Bangkok, added that the island seems poised to make inroads in both the Asian and African markets, which would significantly boost before projections.
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JAMAICA, 2017/03/11
Honorable Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica Minister of Tourism, is currently in Berlin, Germany, participating in the major tourism tradeshow in the world, ITB Berlin, and the International Hotel Investment Forum, which focuses on delivering opportunities to persons who currently operate within the tourism industry or who want to do business in the sector, inclunding tourism and government officials.
Taking time out of his busy schedule, Minister Bartlett signaled his intention to appoint several of Jamaica’s Honorary Consuls in Europe as unpaid Tourism Advisors to his office, as he works on significantly boosting market share for tourists to Jamaica from several key European nations.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2016/12/11
A university education may expand your mind. It will as well fatten your wallet. Data from the OECD, a club of rich nations, show that graduates can expect far better lifetime earnings than those without a degree.
The size of this premium varies. It is greatest in Ireland, which has a high GDP per chief and rising inequality. Since 2000 the unemployment rate for under-35s has swelled to 8% for those with degrees – but to additional than 20% for those without, and nearly 40% for secondary school drop-outs. The country’s wealth presently goes disproportionately to workers with letters next their names.
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JAMAICA, 2016/03/20
Jamaica’s efforts to strengthen resilience against climate change are being assisted through implementation of the J$829.3 million (US$6.8 million) Improving Climate Data and Data Management Project (ICDIMP).
The project, which comprises phase two of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR II), is being rolled out by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), with grant support from the World Bank through the Climate Investment Fund (CIF).
It is one of five projects under Jamaica’s Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (SPCR), and aims to improve the quality of data collected and used by public and private sector stakeholders at the local and national levels.
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JAMAICA, 2016/03/20
The Jamaica government is moving to revive its railway service and Minister of Transport and Mining Mike Henry says he’s exploring a public-private partnership.
The minister said that Jamaica, in adopting a modern day integrated multi-modal transport system, of which the railway is a key component, would be embracing the reality of the changing and fast-paced world.
“The railway is the majority significant element of transport anywhere in the world and Jamaica has the second oldest railway in the world, connecting each port in Jamaica. We exist in a just-in-time world where you need to deliver goods and services as early as possible, in order to be on top of the niche markets and be able to grow your economy,” he said in an interview with the Jamaica Data Service.
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JAMAICA, 2016/03/20
A 33-year-old man in Jamaica has been charged with 10 counts of fraud after allegedly cheating students out of US$15,000, claiming he was getting jobs for them overseas.
Andre Bowen is expected to answer the charges of obtaining money by false pretense, as well as fraudulent conversion, in court today.
It’s alleged that while employed by a legitimate agency for recruiting students for work and travel programmes in the United States, he posed as an agent of an unregistered agency and fleeced students of the money.
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JAMAICA, 2016/03/20
The co-chair of government’s Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, says there is growing interest part private sector stakeholders in investing in Jamaica.
“Additional and additional, there is enthusiasm…You see it in the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce business confidence survey. At the same time as you talk to the private sector, there is a lot additional optimism and hope being expressed. I think a lot of of them feel that the worst is behind us and the economy has a luck to grow,” he said.
