AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoHurricane recovery & community support: Seeing the Unseen Outreach is fundraising in Miami to help Western Jamaica families still living in damaged homes nearly a year after Hurricane Melissa, delivering thousands of care packages and school supplies and pushing for roofs by Christmas. Tourism innovation: The Tourism Enhancement Fund has selected 15 entrepreneurs for Cohort Three of its Tourism Innovation Incubator, with a seven-month push toward market-ready tourism products, including AI-powered prototype development. School-year relief (tourism-linked communities): JPS says it invested about $22m in back-to-school support—vouchers, supplies, uniforms, scholarships and psychosocial sessions—reaching areas still recovering from Hurricane Melissa. Craft authenticity push: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett and Deputy PM Horace Chang are urging craft vendors to modernise and focus on authentic Jamaican-made products, with a major Old Fort Craft Market rehabilitation in Montego Bay and calls for a bigger north-coast craft centre. Visitor demand signal: Jamaica’s tourism recovery is gaining momentum, with 2.34 million visitors and US$2.5b in earnings through Aug. 31, even as a portion of hotel inventory remains offline. Safety & travel context: JCF reported condolences after a constable died in a crash, while police also reported multiple fatal road incidents in a short span.
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