Montego Bay, Jamaica. Foto: luckyphotographer/123rf

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has announced that Jamaica and Spain will craft a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on various aspects of tourism development and economic transformation.

The announcement follows a meeting with Spain’s Minister of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, Reyes Maroto at FITUR, the world’s most significant annual international travel and tourism trade show celebrated in Madrid.

“Extensive discussions regarding various areas of recovery and the reimagining of tourism as a driver of economic growth and transformation,” said Bartlett.

“We discussed the role of the United Nations World Tourism Organization as a critical institution for securing the academic and practical applications necessary to redevelop the new tourism that will enable small countries and small and medium-sized players to have a more equitable experience and to recover much of the lost revenue,” he added.

Bartlett invited Minister Morato to Jamaica’s first-ever Global Tourism Resilience Day, scheduled for February 17th, 2022, at the World Expo in Dubai