Jamaica Minister of Tourism continues his quest of guaranteeing Destination Jamaica and the tourism sector stay prime of thoughts internationally.
The Hon. Edmund Bartlett departed for Germany on Sunday to be a key participant within the much-anticipated ITB Berlin Convention, now underway in Germany.
Having been impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic, that is the primary face-to-face staging of the world’s largest journey conference because the onset of COVID-19 and is deliberate to showcase decisive developments and supply limitless alternatives for the journey enterprise.
The Berlin Convention, which runs from March 7-9, is the main journey business suppose tank, attracting tourism professionals, key choice makers, the most important consumers and sellers within the worldwide journey commerce. “As the global tourism sector continues to rebound from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic we are pleased to be able to attend ITB Berlin in person, and we will use this opportunity to further promote Destination Jamaica, strengthen existing partnerships and forge new ones as we seek to foster continued growth in the tourism sector,” Minister Bartlett mentioned.
The Minister’s participation will see him because the keynote speaker and panelist on the subject “New Narratives for Work in Travel.”
One of the highlights of Minister Bartlett’s participation sees him additionally giving the keynote handle at an occasion celebrating Global Tourism Resilience Day following final month’s approval by the United Nations for the day to be noticed every year. This after Jamaica’s efforts to bolster resilience in world tourism by proposing the official designation of February seventeenth as Global Tourism Resilience Day yearly yielded nice success.
Mr. Bartlett’s itinerary additionally consists of a variety of high-level conferences on topic areas such because the: “Global Employment Initiative,” new flights and different tourism developments. He can even take part in a number of media actions and applications in addition to a bilateral assembly with Minister of Tourism for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb.
Additionally, Mr. Bartlett will likely be a particular visitor on the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) International Travel Awards. At the ITB Convention in 2019, Jamaica was offered with PATWA’s award for vacation spot of the yr. The awards acknowledge people and organizations which have excelled and/or are concerned within the promotion of tourism from completely different sectors of the journey commerce and repair suppliers associated immediately or not directly to the business.
Before returning residence on Saturday, March 11, the Minister can even meet with members of the Jamaican Community on the Embassy of Jamaica in Berlin.
