Showing posts with label jamaica Observer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jamaica Observer. Show all posts

Sunday 22 March 2015

Jamaica News

JAMAICA NEWS

Jamaica News online


If you are interested in Jamaica and all things Jamaican then there are some excellent websites reliable that offer you up to date news and information at the click of a mouse. One of my own favourites in the Jamaica Observer online

The "JO" is a cracking website that is full of up-to-date stories as well as having some great articles on the people and places that make Jamaica such a wonderful place. They don't pull any punches either, you get the rough with the smooth, the good and the bad.

Take a visit to the Jamaica Observer website before you get to your Villas Sur Mer villa and you'll hit the ground running as there is so much valuable information contained in this website that you will feel like you know Jamaica like a native. Enjoy! Jamaica Observer.


Thursday 18 April 2013

Holidays to Jamaica - How many people visit Jamaica?

From this bar graph we can see the answer is 'Lots'
 
I have never been one for red tape or gobbledygook but sometimes you really have to bite the bullet and get in there and take it on the chin. Your thinking I have gone mad, I’m sure you are but what I am getting at is statistics, you know, that mass of numbers, percentages, graphs and squiggly lines that are suppose to enlighten us but really only add to the confusion. There is an old proverb that likens statistics as a lamp post to a drunk, there more for support than acumination.

Anyway, I, being a great fan of the beautiful paradise island of Jamaica was interested in how many people actually visited the country during the course of any given period and so I went sniffing about on the Internet to see what I could find.

To be honest, I found a lot of very dull websites with even duller content, masses of graphs and serious looking people try their best to look serious and so in the end I resorted to one of my own favourite websites for information, the Jamaica Observer!

For the period January 1 to August 31 this year, Jamaica welcomed a total of 2.09 million visitors which netted the country US$1.5 billion. Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the 21st Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) tourism trade show, minister of tourism Edmund Bartlett said:

Read more:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/Jamaica-s-tourism-numbers-continue-to-rise_9770837#ixzz2Qo8FWvwz

There is a great amount of interesting (?) information regarding the tourism numbers to Jamaica, who is spending what and where, which other islands are getting more visits and a load of other stuff you may want to use in your repertoire of barstool anecdotes or after dinner musings to keep guests or friends interested (You may however wish to hide any sharp objects.)

There really are just a couple of real hard facts to take notice of;
Jamaica is a very beautiful island that attracts millions of visitors every year and continues to do so.
 
Jamaica is one of the favourite destinations for tropical weddings.
 
Jamaica has no venomous snakes or spiders.
 
The next question is where would I advise all of these people to go and stay or have a tropical wedding in Jamaica? I’m happy to say I have a much uncomplicated answer:

Jamaica weddings and Honeymoons, Special Occasions and Reunions you are making a perfectly sound choice with www.villassurmer.com in beautiful Negril.

For Jamaica vacations in all other parts of Jamaica and the Caribbean islands then www.luxuryarrivals.com is the company to look after you.
Visit both these websites and you will see for yourself why these are two of the most popular Jamaica villas and weddings companies in the Caribbean.


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