Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett introduced that greater than US$4 billion in new investments are set to remodel Rose Corridor into Jamaica’s official on line casino zone.
Talking on the sixty fourth Annual Normal Assembly of the Jamaica Lodge and Vacationer Affiliation (JHTA) on Friday, Bartlett highlighted that 2024 has already seen 2,000 new lodge rooms added, with plans for a further 4,000 rooms alongside the Rose Corridor strip.
“Later this month, we are going to break floor for the Moon Palace mega lodge, a 33-storey tower in contrast to something Jamaica has seen,” Bartlett mentioned. “Subsequent to will probably be the Arduous Rock Lodge. This space will turn out to be Jamaica’s on line casino zone, with out query.”
He described the present improvement section as “unprecedented,” with a number of different undertaking bulletins and groundbreakings anticipated in July. Main expansions are deliberate for properties together with Bahia Principe, Viva Wyndham Negril, and Grand Palladium, with development on the latter slated to start by year-end.
Bartlett emphasised that the fast tourism progress will likely be inclusive, making certain that staff profit. To handle housing wants, the federal government is growing 3,000 new houses in Barrett Corridor and Rhyne Park (previously Rangeland), devoted to tourism workers.
“We can not construct a world-class tourism trade with out first making certain that our staff are handled with dignity,” he acknowledged.
The strategic growth aligns with Jamaica’s broader imaginative and prescient to place the island as a premier luxurious vacation spot whereas selling sustainable improvement and uplifting the tourism workforce.
