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Sunday, January 9, 2011

JAMAICA BEATS LORNE TO IT!

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday January 7, 2011 – The northwestern parish of Trelawny is poised to be the site for the construction of Jamaica’s first artisan village.

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said the village will be established on lands which have been donated by the Port Authority of Jamaica, PAJ, and will be adjacent to the new Falmouth Cruise Ship Port.

“The Port Authority of Jamaica has agreed to offer the Ministry of Tourism the land to build the first Artisan village, not only in Falmouth, but indeed in Jamaica. We intend to start the process towards construction soon by meeting with our architects and draftsmen to decide on a design for the facility,” he said.

The establishment of artisan villages in all the resort areas of the country formed part of the initiatives outlined in Minister Bartlett’s 2009/2010 Budget presentation. He stated then that the Villages will allow Craft producers to obtain training in new and changing techniques in the production of items for the tourism and local markets.

Bartlett said that his Ministry, through the Tourism Product Development Company, intends to use the artisan villages to transform the existing craft shopping experience in each of the resort areas.

“The artisan villages will be developed as thematic attractions that will bring important benefits to tourism including the provision of linkages. Each village is expected to encompass several elements of a Jamaican cultural experience: art and craft stalls, traditional cuisine, entertainment, sporting facilities, musical and other cultural offerings,” he said.

The Minister said once in operation, the villages will offer a range of options to visitors and provide products that would be desirable to high-end niche markets as well as those visitors seeking more simple reminders of Jamaica. Similar types of artisan villages can be found in Mexico, Colombia, parts of New Zealand and parts of the United States. "


PS: IT IS NOTEWORTHY THAT THE SLP CANDIDATE FOR CHOISEUL/SALTIBUS HAS A SIMILAR INITIATIVE IN HIS MANIFESTO FOR CHOISEUL VILLAGE - THE BIRTHPLACE OF HIS FATHER, GEORGE THEOPHILUS.

FORTUNATELY AND UNFORTUNATELY, JAMAICA HAS BEAT HIM TO IT! FORTUNATELY, HE CAN MONITOR THE JAMAICA MODEL AND LEARN FROM IT; UNFORTUNATELY, HE CAN'T BE CREDITED FOR THE INNOVATION BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS BEAT HIM TO IT!

1 comment:

  1. I think he can be credited for the innovation in St.Lucia. If he does stick to his word, this will be the first artisan village here. I admire Lorne and his involvements with the youth, the people of Choisuel welcomes and loves him.. I'm sure he will be credited for whatever he does in Choisuel. LIKED- RESPECTED AND RESPECTABLE... Only hoping he is not playing the political game with the people like the other POLITICIANS. LORNE THEOPHILUS ALL THE WAY

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