The Hon. Edmund Bartlett demonstrates how to drink a water coconut to Linda McIntosh, a visitor to the Jamaica Tourist Board booth at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, DC   The occasion was the 1st Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit held , which brought together leaders from political, tourism and investment communities and the Caribbean Diaspora. Pictured (L-R):  Victoria Harper-Business Development Manager, Jamaica Tourist Board-Mid-Atlantic; Linda McIntosh; Hon. Edmund Barltett-Minister of Tourism and Carrole Guntley-Director General of Tourism.

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The parish of Trelawny is set to benefit from a myriad of upscale tourism projects over the next 10 years valued at a cost of more than US$16 billion.

Delivering the keynote address at the Friends of Trelawny Association (FOTA) symposium entitled: 'Trelawny Sailing into Success' at the JFK Holiday Inn Hotel in New York recently, Mr. Bartlett said that among the new developments are the upscale 3,500-room Harmony Cove Resort, which will include a casino at a cost of US$8.4 billion; the 6,000-room Amaterra Hotel at a cost of US$2.4 billion; and the 2,000-room Excellency Hotel at a cost of US$6 billion.

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