Jamaica’s Tourism Ministry to Offer Six-Month Licence Moratorium

Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has announced that the ministry will be offering a six-month moratorium on licences and fees that are to be paid by tourism entities.

Mr. Bartlett made this announcement earlier during a digital press briefing hosted by the ministry of tourism to update stakeholders.

According to Mr. Bartlett, the categories of entities that are set to benefit include: resort cottages, apartments, guest houses, villas, homestays, car rentals, bike rentals, watersports, domestic tours, contract carriage and craft traders.

The ministry approved places of interests and various other categories that have work with the Jamaica Tourist Board and the tourism product development company for licences will also be included.

This six-month moratorium will be reviewed depending on the length of time it takes for the country to recover from the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.