
Jamaica's Role in The Development of the Multi-Billion Dollar Cruise Line Tourism Industry (Part 2)
"America cannot be long blind to the wonderful advantages offered by this beautiful spot as a winter resort." So wrote the much-travelled author, Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the early 1900s. Today, tourism has become a mainstay of Jamaica's economy – about 30% before the Covid-19 pandemic. During Ms. Wilcox's time, travelers to Jamaica came aboard United Fruit Company steamers and also on the Hamburg-American Line West Indian cruises. A round trip from New York cost US$75 and took