{"id":165683,"date":"2022-12-19T12:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=165683"},"modified":"2022-12-19T12:05:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:05:07","slug":"jamaica-reimposes-state-of-emergency-tourism-industry-threatened-by-high-crime-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/jamaica-reimposes-state-of-emergency-tourism-industry-threatened-by-high-crime-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica reimposes \u2018state of emergency,\u2019 tourism industry threatened by high crime rate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jamaica\u2019s state of emergency may threaten its tourism industry as\u00a0crime continues to increase\u00a0in the country and local authorities struggle to clamp down on it.<\/p>

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\u201cThat is all the government is trying to do,\u201d Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said, adding that Jamaicans \u201chave to hide under their beds, hide their daughters, can\u2019t go to church, and they see their sons and their boyfriends and husbands killed. That\u2019s the reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0U.S. State Department\u00a0on Oct. 5 issued a level 3 travel advisory, indicating that Americans should \u201creconsider travel\u201d due to an increased risk of crime in the country.<\/p>

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The advisory noted that \u201cviolent crimes, such as home invasions, armed robberies, sexual assaults and homicides, are common\u201d and that \u201csexual assaults occur frequently,\u201d even at all-inclusive resorts.<\/p>

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\u201cLocal police lack the resources to respond effectively to serious criminal incidents,\u201d the advisory stated. \u201cEmergency services vary throughout the island, and response times may vary from U.S. standards. The homicide rate reported by the Government of Jamaica has for several years been among the highest in the Western Hemisphere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jamaica appeared to acknowledge the severity of its problem by\u00a0declaring a state of emergency\u00a0on Nov. 15 in order to better empower authorities to deal with the crime in the capital of Kingston as well as popular tourist spots like Montego Bay, then it issued a renewed state of emergency on Dec. 6 due to increased violence and gang-related crimes.<\/p>

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The state of emergency has proven controversial as authorities can arrest people and search buildings without a warrant, potentially leading to police abuse, critics argue, but Holness stressed the need to crack down on the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some really serious criminal threats facing us, and we have to use all the powers at our disposal,\u201d Holness said.<\/p>

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Tourism provides Jamaica\u00a0its main source of income, accounting for as much as 29% of the country\u2019s GDP in 2019 (pre-pandemic) according to Statista, and tied with remittances (money or goods sent back from nationals who emigrated from the country).<\/p>

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Jamaica welcomed more than 1.5 million tourists in 2021 who spent more than $2.095 billion, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization.<\/p>\n

Jamaica appeared to acknowledge the severity of its problem by\u00a0declaring a state of emergency\u00a0on Nov. 15 in order to better empower authorities to deal with the crime in the capital of Kingston as well as popular tourist spots like Montego Bay, then it issued a renewed state of emergency on Dec. 6 due to increased violence and gang-related crimes.<\/p>\n

The state of emergency has proven controversial as authorities can arrest people and search buildings without a warrant, potentially leading to police abuse, critics argue, but Holness stressed the need to crack down on the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some really serious criminal threats facing us, and we have to use all the powers at our disposal,\u201d Holness said.<\/p>\n

Tourism provides Jamaica\u00a0its main source of income, accounting for as much as 29% of the country\u2019s GDP in 2019 (pre-pandemic) according to Statista, and tied with remittances (money or goods sent back from nationals who emigrated from the country).<\/p>\n

Jamaica welcomed more than 1.5 million tourists in 2021 who spent more than $2.095 billion, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization.<\/p>\n

And the U.S. accounted for the most significant spending and best-performing market for tourists to the island, with fewer than 1.3 million of stopover arrivals (longer than 24 hours for international travelers) in 2021.<\/p>\n

The one-two punch of a\u00a0U.S. travel advisory\u00a0and a national state of emergency could significantly hinder Jamaica\u2019s tourism industry and, therefore, threaten its economy, according to David Katz, a former U.S. federal agent who is the founder and CEO of Global Security Group Inc.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn years past, the State Department, depending on the political situation, was sometimes reluctant to even issue a warning,\u201d Katz told Fox News Digital, explaining that an advisory alone can hurt the economy and is \u201cnot generally well received by the subject of the advisory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katz noted that people will do a lot to ignore the travel advisory warning but that Jamaica\u2019s state of emergency will likely have a greater impact and get attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, for Jamaica to say \u2018we have a state of emergency, we are completely out of control,\u2019 that\u2019s going to have an impact,\u201d Katz said.<\/p>\n

Katz also highlighted the greater need to focus on safety when traveling by pointing to the situation in Peru in which hundreds of\u00a0American tourists cannot leave the country\u00a0due to the protests that broke out over the past week following the removal of Pedro Castillo from his post as president.<\/p>\n

At least 200 Americans remain stranded at Machu Picchu with no way of even returning to their hotels, let alone getting home, since protesters shut down trains, roadways and airport runways.<\/p>\n

\u201cI ask people all the time: Where are you going to go to? Do they have a professional fire department? What are the traffic laws?<\/p>\n

What are the statistics for fatal traffic accidents?\u201d Katz said, adding that \u201cstatistically, the greatest number of Americans who are either seriously injured or killed overseas [is] as a result of traffic accidents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, you know, you want to look at these things \u2026 you always need to understand some basics: you need places to stay, you need a way in and way out, you need medical \u2013 does your medical insurance cover you when you cross the border?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would recommend in our practice: defer all non-essential travel unless there was something really, really critically necessary about the trip. Put it off,\u201d Katz said.<\/p>\n

A request for comment from Jamaica\u2019s foreign ministry and tourism board were not immediately returned.<\/p>\n

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SOURCE: NY Post<\/strong><\/p>\n

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