At the end of 2019, tourism was expected to create 41,000 new jobs by 2022. However, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis will result in a revision of this estimate.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the phased reopening of Jamaica’s borders on June 15 is not just about tourism but a matter of economic life or death.
In parliament today he outlined plans for the recovery of the sector.
Aladden Love reports.
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