The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) will be donating US$20,000 to assist in relief efforts for the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas.

President of the JHTA, Omar Robinson,

says this will be done through the University of the West Indies-based Global

Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre (GTRCMC) in St Andrew.

“Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund

Bartlett, has been at the fore of efforts to mobilise global support for the

recovery efforts through the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

and the GTRCMC,” Robinson told delegates and stakeholders at the 2019 Jamaica

Product Exchange (JAPEX) trade show at the Montego Bay Convention Centre, St

James, on September 9.

“This is what we call Caribbean

solidarity, and it is our hope and prayer that the resources being channelled

to The Bahamas will help safeguard the health and welfare of the residents and

contribute to the rebuilding of the country in the shortest possible time,” he

said.