Jamaica welcomes its one millionth visitor

[Chicokid]

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Tracey Groden, accompanied by her husband Robert and two children, became the one millionth visitor to the island from the USA this year when they disembarked Air Jamaica flight JM 010 at the Sangster International Airport in this resort city on Tuesday.

A high-powered contingent of tourism officials, including tourism minister Aloun Assamba, director of tourism Paul Pennicook, tourism director general Carol Guntley-Brady, and Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) president Horace Peterkin, was on hand to meet the American family and to present them with gifts to mark the historic occasion.


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[Virus]

Ta, Lame...... never heard any other caribben country welcoming there one millionth winner :eusa_snoo this govt. you see

[nuhsenutten]

guess it shows we still have some thing going for us in the tourism sector ....i wonder what it (tourism) would b like if our crime rate was about that of trinidad ?

[tradag]

did this come on tv or some thing ? and it's the first time im hearing about some thing like this

[Arch_Angel]

did this come on tv or some thing ? and it's the first time im hearing about some thing like thisHush. You need to read the newspaper and watch local news more often. This isn't the first time the tourism board has done this.

[Bahama Mama]

Ta, Lame...... never heard any other caribben country welcoming there one millionth winner :eusa_snoo this govt. you see


We (The Bahamas) have done that a few times.

[Chicokid]

Don't recall of such happening down here.