BRITISH HERALD
DUBAI EXPO
Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre From Jamaica to the World
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amaica is home to the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre. Hon. Edmund Bartlett is the Minister of Tourism of Jamaica who tells the British Herald team about the launch of the first ever Global Tourism Resilience Day and Jamaica’s representation at Dubai EXPO 2020.
Launch of Global Tourism Resilience Day The 17th of February 2022 marked the launch of the first ever Global Tourism Resilience Day with a forum discussing investment, resilience and sustainability. The strong panel saw participation and discussion from several leaders- with a lot of representation from women, in particular. Hon. Edmund Bartlett is the Founder and Co-Chair of the
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Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre, an institutional framework to combine academic as well as economic efforts focusing on tourism responses. The need to find a formula to empower nations and its people was identified- to recognise disruptions before it happens, mitigate and manage them to encourage a quick recovery. They started off with the Jamaican centre and have now extended to Kenya. Soon, there is expansion expected soon with centres in Amman, Riyadh, Nigeria, Botswana, Barbados and Canada, with possibility of centres in Greece and Spain as well.
Jamaica at Dubai EXPO 2020 Engagements were conducted at Dubai EXPO 2020 with Jamaican tourism and trade partners, the Chamber of Commerce and giants in the industry. There were also several MoUs signed at the mega event. Jamaica Day at EXPO 2020 was celebrated on the 18th of February 2022 featuring a lot of strong discussions on investment as well as entertainment shows which embrace Jamaican culture. Hon. Edmund Bartlett’s visit to the UAE had multi-fold objectives- the key objective being to get airlinks between Jamaica and the UAE.
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