JAMAICA – Jamaica is to seek to build deeper ties with The Philippines with talks to be had on a Memorandum of Understanding on collaborating on tourism. Tourism Minister Edmond Bartlett says the collaboration will focus on key tourism outcomes such as human capital development, training and certification in customer service excellence, craft development, resilience and sustainability and community tourism. “The importance of human capital development is a key pillar of the potential agreement, especially given the Philippines’ remarkable success in training over 170,000 tourism workers annually,” Bartlett told The Gleaner. He was speaking against the background of being recognised on Wednesday by the Gusi Peace Prize Foundation as one of its 2024 awardees. The accolade celebrates Bartlett’s visionary leadership and ground-breaking contributions to the global tourism industry. (Jamaica Gleaner)

Photo: Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett (left), and Secretary of Tourism for the Philippines, Christina Garcia-Frasco, shared lens time after he received his global Gusi Peace Prize.