Jamaica is the 3rd Coolest

CNN has voted Jamaica the third coolest country, beat by Singapore and Brazil.The Island lost "cool points" because of its extremely high murder rate and its homophobic ways....Im not being bias, but Singapore and Brazil?... sounds like if we were a little less uptight and way more accepting of the ways of others, than we would be "THEE COOLEST COUNTRY." Strictly my opinion,as I am pretty sure there is no monetary award for being the coolest country, but that has to make you wake a little taller, and speak a little louder. To be Jamaican is honorary in so many different ways, the times simply have to catch up to themselves.

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"Dignity in Dirt" the movement...

Make Jamaica your second home - it is that simple. Come rock with us, come tour our
facilities, party with us; with some of the hottest Island DJ's. Come
see some "hard" Jamaican style driving at one of our local car show,
drag racing events.
Jamaica Fun Farm is a newly developed company, developed by myself and
sisters. We are asking for your support in our endeavor and we are hoping that Jamaica Fun Farm would be a new look on life, a new frame of thought, a waive
of the future, a new way for society to think, a helpful hand, hope in
the eyes of the ones who did not exist, adventure, calm, security,
substantial, a chance to feel like a part of a new place, a new
begining, fruitful, love, joy, most important a place to call your
second home. Visit Jamica Fun Farm - Be a part of the future - Look out
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Not Enough Attractions...Jamaica Fun Farm's Determination to Increase Tourism

ROSE HALL, St James — Prime Minister Bruce Golding has mandated tourism management agencies to widen the search for foreign investment for the expansion of the attraction side of the local tourist industry.

Golding said he was not convinced there were enough first-rate attractions on the island and urged that focus not just be placed on hotel development.


"I am not satisfied that we have enough attractions to keep our visitors as excitingly engaged as we want them to be. We have seen impressive success of investment of attractions that are well-conceived, well-designed and well managed. You think of Chukka Cove, Dolphin Cove, you look at Margaritaville, you look at Mystic Mountain. These are attractions that have done well and are themselves becoming parts of the Jamaican brand name. But there is scope for so much more," Golding said.

To this end, the prime minister has challenged Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett to expand to global levels the campaign for investment in local attractions.

"I want to suggest that there are other frontiers that beckon, that are waiting to be conquered. I have asked the minister of tourism as he goes around the world and as he promotes tourism, and as he promotes investments in hotel development, that he include in his promotions investment in attractions as well," Prime Minister Golding charged.

The prime minister was speaking Friday at the opening of the US$35million Montego Bay Convention Centre in time to host the premier regional tourism trade show, Caribbean Marketplace -- set to take place from January 16-18.

"In so many things we offer a little of this, and a little of that. We can do so much more, we can do so much better than this kind of knick-knacks approach. And it is a challenge that I throw out to the Ministry of Tourism, to the JTB (Jamaica Tourist Board), to the TPDCo (Tourism Product Developent Company) to the Tourism Enhancement Fund, let us expand Ed Bartlett's big thinking," Golding argued.

"Let's look at areas of tourism that perhaps we have never conceived in any serious ways before and let us see what may not yet be within our grasp but within our reach if we simply reach out far enough. Let's do the evaluation, the analysis, let's study the market, let's stretch our possibilities. We're gonna build a strategy to bring not just more tourists to Jamaica, but more tourists of different types, of different interests," he said.

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Airstrip at Holland Bamboo

The Holland property lies in St Elizabeth, but is only a short distance away from Sandals Whitehouse hotel, which is in Westmoreland. Stewart, who is a one-third owner of the hotel property, is reported to be in talks with Government to buy out its stake.

"Aeronautical studies have been done by the JCAA to determine the length of the runway possible, what terrain constraints may or may not exist and the category aircraft that are likely to use the Holland aerodrome," corporate communications manager at the JCAA, Nicole Robinson, said in an email.

Robinson said the study conducted was for a 5,000 feet long runway. However, when asked about the timeframe for completion and whether it was a joint venture partnership, Robinson suggested that Sunday Business contact the developer, whom she declined to name.

The JCAA spokesperson said the state-run agency's responsibility was for approving the development, ensuring that it was in keeping with the international standards and recommend practices for aero-dromes of this nature, and ensuring conformity with other requirements of the Jamaica Civil Aviation regulations.

Do you know what this means for deveoping companies in St. Elizabeth? Jamaica Fun Farm, located in Lacovia,right off of the famous Bamboo Avenue,initially started their company with the intention of marketing to tourist that fly into the two main airports in Jamaica, Norman Manley International Kingston and Sangster International,Montego Bay. But these entrepenuers are astounded by the Aerodrome in Treasue Beach, and are overwhelmed to hear that there will be another Aerodrome, larger in scale,right in Holland Bamboo, capable of catering to privately owned very light jets, and perhaps a couple of medium jets. You can only begin to imagine what is expected to happen in the St.Elizabeth Parish.

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