Minister Bartlett said that he firmly believed that the new goal can only be realized through an establish agenda, one that includes all the linkages to empower the tourism experience.

“This is 150 thousand more than in the same period of 2016, a 1.8 percent increase,” said Dionisio D'Aguilar, Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization at a press conference at the Wyndham New Yorker during Caribbean Week festivities in New York.

President Donald Trump will travel to Miami next Friday to announce his administration’s changes to U.S.-Cuba policy, a source with knowledge of the president’s plans told the Miami Herald.

After an uncharacteristically weak performance in 2016, the number of Canadians travelling to the Caribbean has bounced back in 2017 to post the highest growth rate of 4.8 percent in the first quarter.

The campaign invites the region to the Nature Island of the Caribbean for a summer of adventure, nature and events for singles, couples and families.

With earnings for the first four months of this year at an all-time high of over US$1 billion, or a 6.5 percent increase over last year, Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett announced that Jamaica’s tourism industry is heading for historic numbers..