Tag: Jamaica

  • Top Reasons Why So Many Tourists Visit Jamaica

    Top Reasons Why So Many Tourists Visit Jamaica

    As the cold weather and winter arrives back to North America and Covid is (hopefully) finally behind us, it’s time to start setting travel records again.  For example, 2017 saw a record number of tourist arrivals in Jamaica, with 4.3 million vacationers. That was a huge 21.1% increase from the previous year and that trend…

  • Fascinating Diversity In Committee’s Worldwide Cultural Heritage Safeguarding List

    Fascinating Diversity In Committee’s Worldwide Cultural Heritage Safeguarding List

    The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Saturday ended its 14th session recently which took place in the Colombian capital under the Chair María Claudia López Sorzano. The Committee adopted guidelines for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in emergency situations such as conflict and disaster (both natural and human-induced). The guidelines build on…

  • Canada Migrant Worker Program Not Perfect But Seen As World Model

    Canada Migrant Worker Program Not Perfect But Seen As World Model

    TORONTO, CANADA – The world’s most successful program connecting seasonal workers with agricultural employers has kicked into high gear. Administered by Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services (F.A.R.M.S.), the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) links approximately 14,000 requests for seasonal workers with jobs at Ontario farms this growing season. Not only does the 52-year-old program provide…