KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s Ministry of Tourism, its agencies and industry partners will seek to further raise awareness about the role Jamaica is playing in promoting responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism, during its annual celebration of Tourism Awareness Week (TAW). This is in-keeping with the Ministry’s drive to ensure that the benefits of tourism are felt by every Jamaican across the length and breadth of the island and to continuously improve the tourism product to meet the unique needs of our visitors.

The week-long celebration will be observed from September 25 – October 1, 2016, under the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) theme for World Tourism Day, September 27th – ‘Tourism for All: Promoting Universal Accessibility’. It promises to be an engaging week, with a series of activities highlighting the work the Ministry and its agencies are doing to foster universal accessibility within the tourism sector.

E tusa ai ma le UNWTO, 15% o le faitau aofaʻi o le lalolagi o loʻo faʻatatauina o loʻo ola i se ituaiga o le atoatoa. Aemaise lava, e tusa ma le 1 piliona tagata i le salafa o le lalolagi, e le mafai ona fiafia i le avanoa e malaga ai e iloa se isi aganuu ona o le le atoatoa o le tino.

"Ua iloa e Jamaica le taua o le ulufale lautele ma matou te mananaʻo e aveʻese uma pa puipui e ono taofia ai tagata e iai manaʻoga faʻapitoa ma manaʻoga faʻapitoa mai le fiafia i le tatou motu matagofie. Matou te iloa o le alualu i luma o le vaega i lenei tulaga, ua avea ai lo tatou atunuʻu sili atu maketiina ma faatosina, mulimuli ane faʻateleina ono maua, "faasoa Minisita o Turisi Hon. Edmund Bartlett.

I le maitauina o le TAW, o le a faʻailoa ai e le Matagaluega ma ana lala sooupu ni polokalame e pei o le polokalame o le atinaʻeina o matafaga i le gataifale, e mafai ona ofi atu ai i matafaga sili ona lelei a le tatou motu mo tagata Jamaicans ma tagata asiasi e aofia ai ma tagata o loʻo luʻiina. O le isi galuega taua o le atiaʻe lea o le Fesoʻotaʻiga a Tagata Tafafao Maimoa mai fafo e taumafai e mautinoa o le tele o tagata Jamaica e maua le avanoa e avea ai ma vaega o le vaega ma selesele le tele o penefiti.

"Ua ou tuuina atu le moliaga i la matou 'au i totonu o le Matagaluega ma ana lala sooupu, ina ia mautinoa a o matou faʻagaioia ma faʻaleleia a matou oloa tafafao, o loʻo faia lava le iloiloga e faʻaaoga ai tagata asiasi e iai manaʻoga faʻapitoa," o le faʻaopopo mai lea a le Minisita o Bartlett.

O le vaega o gaioiga mo le Vaiaso Faʻalauiloa mo Tagata Tafafao Maimoa o le a aofia ai: tauvaga faʻasalalau; Polokalame Atinaʻe i Matafaga Faʻaalia ia Setema 27th i Boston Beach, Portland; ma le faʻalauiloa aloaia o le National Community Tourism Portal ia Setema 28th i le Devon House.

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This is in-keeping with the Ministry's drive to ensure that the benefits of tourism are felt by every Jamaican across the length and breadth of the island and to continuously improve the tourism product to meet the unique needs of our visitors.
Another important undertaking is the development of the Tourism Linkages Network which seeks to ensure that more Jamaicans have the opportunity to be a part of the sector and reap the many benefits.
It promises to be an engaging week, with a series of activities highlighting the work the Ministry and its agencies are doing to foster universal accessibility within the tourism sector.