Jamaica Tourism Minister Bestowed with Order of Jamaica

On Jamaica Independence Day, Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the Hon. Dr. Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica Tourism Minister, received the Order of Jamaica, the fifth highest honor equal to knighthood in the United Kingdom.

The Order of Jamaica is the fifth of the six orders in the Jamaican honors system and was established in 1969. It is considered the equivalent of a knighthood in the British honors system. Membership in the Order can be conferred upon any Jamaican citizen of outstanding distinction.

The Honorable Dr. Edmund Bartlett was bestowed with the honor for his invaluable contribution to the field of tourism, as well as for promoting human resource development, sustainability and climate resilience, and for 40 years of the public service, including  over 38 years of  representational politics and 21 years as a government minister.

The Jamaica Tourism Ministry and eTurboNews have long been partners promoting Jamaica tourism and travel along with the many endeavors of the Honorable Minister. Said eTurboNews publisher, Juergen Steinmetz, “The Honorable Minister Bartlett is one of the busiest and most hard-working travel and tourism professionals we know.”

“We salute you, Dr. Bartlett on a job well done!”

The Hon. Edmund Bartlett is a dynamic, results-oriented leader, who has many times over been recognized for his wide-ranging expertise and accomplishments in both tourism and politics.

It is his nature to be an innovator and a visionary, attributes which have underscored Mr. Bartlett’s decades of successful service to the nation. Whether providing strategic guidance to his portfolio Ministry or overseeing the overall development of Jamaica’s tourism industry, he always seeks to add value and create opportunities.

Under his leadership, the Hon. Minister founded the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) in 2018. This vital and important international Think-Tank is headquartered in Jamaica, with offices in Africa, Canada, and the Middle East.

The GTRCMC helps tourism stakeholders worldwide prepare for, manage, and recover from a crisis. This is accomplished through providing services such as training, crisis communications, policy advice, project management, event planning, monitoring, evaluation, research, and data analytics. The thematic focus of the GTRCMC includes climate resilience, security and cybersecurity resilience, digital transformation and resilience, entrepreneurial resilience, and pandemic resilience.