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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.
With 450 years of cultural intermingling, there’s always something new – and old – to taste, to hear and do. Magical fables, stately estates, honoured traditions and natural charm…let us share our Jamaica with you.
Lovers Leap,
South Coast
Bloomfield Great House,
South Coast
Community, Nature and Woodlands Walk,
South Coast
Shooter's Hill,
South Coast
Malvern,
South Coast
Spur Tree,
South Coast
Calabash International Literary Festival 2008
May 25 2008
Black River Heritage
A bustling shipping port in the 19th century, Black River was, at that time, one of Jamaica’s grandest and most modern towns. It was the first to receive electricity and to ...
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