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In 1891 300,000 tourists came to an International Exhibition held on January 27 to May 2 at Quebec Lodge in Kingston now “Wolmer’s School”. The Government built new hotels in Kingston and the rural areas to house tourists who wanted to tour the rest of the island, setting the foundations of the modern tourist industry. A group of Syrians decided to stay becoming the first ethnic group to settle here. |
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