WASHINGTON D.C. – Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett has once more emphasised the significance of harnessing rising applied sciences, notably Synthetic Intelligence (AI), to drive innovation and resilience inside the tourism sector. Talking Wednesday (April 2) on the George Washington College Faculty of Enterprise on the theme: Tourism Unleashed: AI, Individuals, and the Way forward for International Resilience, the tourism minister highlighted Jamaica’s strides in tourism innovation and the crucial function of AI in shaping the sector’s future.
Minister Bartlett outlined how Jamaica’s tourism trade has undergone transformative adjustments, pushed by know-how and human capital development, notably specializing in the function of AI and the way fashionable applied sciences have performed in restructuring tourism operations.
The Minister inspired tourism stakeholders to: “Embrace AI and different rising applied sciences not as threats however as catalysts for creating richer, extra customized, and extra resilient journey experiences.”
Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (file picture)
“We’re on the cusp of a technological revolution that may empower us to create extra customized, responsive, and sustainable tourism experiences,” added Minister Bartlett. “AI might help us monitor world traits, predict crises, and guarantee our preparedness in real-time. This not solely makes tourism safer for guests but additionally helps native economies and communities,” he famous.
On the identical time, he burdened that AI may play a key function in disaster administration. “Think about a state of affairs the place, earlier than a hurricane hits, we already know precisely the place to place evacuation buses and inventory emergency provides. That is the type of proactive method AI can allow, guaranteeing that we don’t simply survive crises however thrive within the aftermath,” he defined.
Minister Bartlett additionally highlighted the significance of a broader, extra inclusive method to human capital improvement, which empowers native farmers, artisans, and youth, guaranteeing that tourism’s advantages are extensively distributed. He mentioned: “By embracing rising applied sciences, we will be sure that tourism serves not solely as an financial engine but additionally as a device for inclusive improvement.”
The tourism minister now turns his consideration to the continuing Group of American States (OAS) 26th Inter-American Congress of Ministers and High Authorities of Tourism, the place he’s representing Jamaica, as outgoing chair of the OAS Inter-American Committee on Tourism (CITUR). Jamaica will hand over the place to a newly elected nation, which will probably be chosen in the course of the congress.
