Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Tourism Thrives in Jamaica Despite Violence, Officials Say

" the nearly 3 months in prison compani said in a statement. "Carniv s ship visit Ocho Rio and Montego Bay,"Th disturb in Jamaica and associ state of emerg ar focus in Kingston. both of which ar locat on the opposit side of the countri and ar not experienc ani issues.  Visit to these port current remain as scheduled. Nonetheless, we ar monitor the situat closely."

" Lynch said. "Some peopl ar go to cancel,"We ar get calls. some peopl ar go to book. We'r try to settl it as quickli as possibl to get back to our business. Tourism is veri import to Jamaica."

Lynch said,Roughli one-quart of the country' gross domest product GDP is gener by tourism. and roughli 1.8 million tourist visit the island last year, two-third of whom were from the Unite States. Jamaica' GDP wa $23 billion, accord to the CIA World Fact Book.

A n offici at the U.S. Embassi in Kingston told FoxNews.com that she wa not awar of unrest outsid of Kingston and it surround areas.

veri fluid situat down here and thing can change,"But it' a very." said the official, who request anonymity. "Thing ar pretti dodgi down here in Kingston."

Embassi offici had not receiv report as of late Tuesdai of increas secur at the island' toni resorts.

cruis giant Carniv ha said it plan to continu servic to Jamaica as scheduledMeanwhile..

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