St James State of Emergency

[BobbyMaser]

Yes Rob...BUT...CNN gates wide distribution in the States and this will not help folks, particularly first times, to come down...Tourists already here have no choice. Government needs a long term strategy to improve the PR for future guests

[Rob]

Yes Rob...BUT...CNN gates wide distribution in the States and this will not help folks, particularly first times, to come down...Tourists already here have no choice. Government needs a long term strategy to improve the PR for future guests

Jamaica has been a tourist destination for over a hundred years. Every government, be it British or Jamaican has had a long term strategy regarding tourism. As the PM has stated, the state of emergency in St. James was called taking tourism interests into account. Articles posted in this thread make mention of tourism stakeholders being consulted before the declaration.

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