JUTA urges freeze on new tourism transport licences
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Western Bureau: JUTA Montego Bay is calling for an immediate freeze on new tourism ground transportation licences and related work permits, warning that Jamaican-owned operators are being squeezed out of an increasingly competitive tourism transportation market. The association, headed by President Simon Lawrence, has asked the Ministry of Tourism to suspend new licences until a carrying-capacity study determines how many operators and vehicles Jamaica’s major tourism areas can reasonably suppor