Jamaica Readying For Global Tourism Growth Over Next Decade

• Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica is positioning itself to meet the demands of the global tourism market over the next 10 years.
• He told JIS News that estimates are for global tourism to grow to 1.8Bn international visitors by 2030, with earnings of US$2Tn.
• Some 40Mn new jobs will be created, and one out of every nine workers in the world will be employed in a tourism-related field.
• “Additionally, tourism will represent 11% of global gross domestic product (GDP) and more than 15% of trade, along with nearly 20% of foreign direct investment (FDI),” Minister Bartlett said, noting that the industry is expected to grow twice the rate of global GDP at 4-6%.

(Source: JIS)