Visitor Arrivals At Record High, Spending at 10 Year Low – What It Means For Falmouth

The Minister of Tourism, Wykham McNeil is glowing in the news that Jamaica achieved record stopover arrivals for the month of September 2012,  making it the best performance for stopover visitors for the month of September  in Jamaica’s history, with an increase of almost 6% over September 2011. For the period January to August 2012, total cruise arrivals increased by 33.9 % with 937,343 visitors compared to the 700,137 visitors recorded for the same period last year. This was helped in no small part by Jamaica’s number one cruise ship port, Falmouth. In total contrast, and most importantly for Falmouth,
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Falmouth Not Reaping Full Economic Benefits From Cruise Ship Pier

Falmouth Not Reaping Full Economic Benefits From The Pier July 17th will mark exactly 5 months since the first cruise ship (Voyager of the Seas) docked in Falmouth Jamaica. Since then, Falmouth has surpassed Ocho Rios as the number one cruise shipping port in Jamaica. According to the Royal Caribbean Blog: “From February to April 2011, the Falmouth pier has had almost 100,000 passengers and 34,650 crew pass through which in turn has generated roughly US$8.7 million in passenger expenditure.” This rapid growth in arrivals it attributed to the Genesis class ships Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the
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Election for President of Trelawny Art and Craft Traders Association Invaded

FalmouthPO.com has been reliably informed that an election that started this morning to officially elect the President of the newly formed Trelawny Art and Craft Traders and Producers Association, was invaded  and halted by individuals who expressed dissatisfaction at the political persuasion of the persons up for selection. They also expressed the feeling that Falmouth was not being represented so opportunities will be controlled by outsiders. The provisional President, Paul Campbell and Vice President Marlene Minto were both on the ballot for the post. The President of the Trelawny Art and Craft Traders and Producers Association is a potentially influential
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