SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Jamaica plans to spend $11 million to clean up and prepare several resort areas for the height of tourism season.
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Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says cleanups at six of the island’s parishes will start soon.
The government recently announced a similar investment in renovating tourist attractions such as craft markets.
Crews will target cities including Negril, St. Ann and Kingston, Bartlett said.
An estimated 1.3 million people visited Jamaica from January through August this year, which represents an increase of nearly 6 percent from the same period last year.
The majority of new visitors to Jamaica were Canadians.
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