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Tourism stoic amid COVID travel blacklist

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s tourism stakeholders are confident of an early reassessment by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a relaxation of its travel advisory urging United States citizens not to visit Jamaica amid...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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