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Jamaica drops in global tourism rankings
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
JAMAICA lost its place among the world's top 60 travel destinations based on dropping five places in its ranking according to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2011 issued this month by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The island now ranks 65th out of 139 countries down from 60th in 2009. European nations topped the list led by Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Sweden and the US respectively.
The report highlighted four sub-indices of uncompetitive performance by the island including ranking 104th in the world for safety and security; 105th for cultural resources; 110th for natural resources, and 116th for environmental sustainability.
The report stated that ranking is highly related to a country's level of development.
"Advanced economies started earlier with their overall development, as well as with their tourism development, and have thus been wealthier over a longer time. They have had more time and more resources available to resolve basic issues, such as rules and regulation, safety and security, and health and hygiene; and to build infrastructure, to provide necessary services, and invest in the quality of their human capital," stated the report.
Regionally Jamaica ranks 12th in a group led by the US, Canada, Barbados, Mexico, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. Other regional competitors, Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana ranked 14th,16th and 21st respectively. The Business Observer sought comments from the Jamaica Hotel and Tourism Association and the Ministry of Tourism but a response was not immediately available up to press time.
The first Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report was done in 2007. The report quotes references to the World Travel & Tourism Council, which estimates that the Travel & Transport (T&T) sector now accounts for 9.2 per cent of global output, 4.8 per cent of world exports, and 9.2 per cent of world investment.
"The T&T sector thus clearly remains a critical one for the world economy, accounting for a significant share of global employment and also providing an important opportunity for developing countries to move up the value chain toward the production of higher value-added services. In this context, an analysis of the T&T competitiveness of individual economies around the world remains pertinent. This is the objective of this fourth edition of The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report," stated Robert Greenhill, chief business officer, World Economic Forum in the preface of the report.
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Jamaica drops in global tourism rankings
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
JAMAICA lost its place among the world's top 60 travel destinations based on dropping five places in its ranking according to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2011 issued this month by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
The island now ranks 65th out of 139 countries down from 60th in 2009. European nations topped the list led by Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Sweden and the US respectively.
The report highlighted four sub-indices of uncompetitive performance by the island including ranking 104th in the world for safety and security; 105th for cultural resources; 110th for natural resources, and 116th for environmental sustainability.
The report stated that ranking is highly related to a country's level of development.
"Advanced economies started earlier with their overall development, as well as with their tourism development, and have thus been wealthier over a longer time. They have had more time and more resources available to resolve basic issues, such as rules and regulation, safety and security, and health and hygiene; and to build infrastructure, to provide necessary services, and invest in the quality of their human capital," stated the report.
Regionally Jamaica ranks 12th in a group led by the US, Canada, Barbados, Mexico, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. Other regional competitors, Dominican Republic, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana ranked 14th,16th and 21st respectively. The Business Observer sought comments from the Jamaica Hotel and Tourism Association and the Ministry of Tourism but a response was not immediately available up to press time.
The first Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report was done in 2007. The report quotes references to the World Travel & Tourism Council, which estimates that the Travel & Transport (T&T) sector now accounts for 9.2 per cent of global output, 4.8 per cent of world exports, and 9.2 per cent of world investment.
"The T&T sector thus clearly remains a critical one for the world economy, accounting for a significant share of global employment and also providing an important opportunity for developing countries to move up the value chain toward the production of higher value-added services. In this context, an analysis of the T&T competitiveness of individual economies around the world remains pertinent. This is the objective of this fourth edition of The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report," stated Robert Greenhill, chief business officer, World Economic Forum in the preface of the report.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/busin...#ixzz1Gljqqerz
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