Jamaica’s tourist industry recovers

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Sector struggles to replace workers as tourists flock back to the white sand beaches

Tourists are flocking back to Jamaica’s white sand beaches so quickly that the hospitality sector is struggling to replace the workers it laid off en masse during the pandemic.

Hotels, restaurants and transportation companies are finding it hard to rehire staff as the economic recovery sent the jobless rate tumbling to its lowest level since at least the 1970s this year. Jamaica’s unemployment rate dropped to 6% in the first part, and which compares to 12.6% at the peak of the pandemic.

Bartlett says he’s been talking to his Caribbean counterparts about how to make the industry more attractive to workers through a mix of higher wages, cross-border mobility and building in safeguards to protect jobs during times of crisis.

 

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