(From left) Jennifer Griffiths, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Tourism; Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett; president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, Robbin Russell; and chairman of the Health and Wellness Linkages Network, Kyle Mais listen keenly to Pauline Mighty, director of Mighty Spice, during a visit to her stall at the fourth annual staging of the Jamaica Health and Wellness Tourism conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on Thursday. (Photo: Philp Lemonte)

Jamaicans encouraged to tap into lucrative health, wellness market

Wellness Themed Getaways / 23 August 2024 / 0 Comments

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Chairman of the Health and Wellness Linkages Network Kyle Mais has made a plea for Jamaican business interests to make use of the opportunities to get a slice of the US$1-trillion global health and wellness market.

Jamaica, he said, “has such amazing resources to provide these experiences”.

“We can position ourselves to ensure that we are developing our products, our facilities, our therapists, our manufacturers, our growers, and and just being innovative in finding what new products or new services or experiences… things such as nature walks. There are some new trends like forest bathing and so on. Jamaica has such amazing resources to provide these experiences,” Mais told the Jamaica Observer after his remarks at the opening ceremony of the fourth staging of the Jamaica Health and Wellness Tourism Conference at Montego Bay Convention Centre on Thursday.

Source: www.jamaicaobserver.com