The Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo) is a registered private company established in 1996 under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Tourism. TPDCo is the central public body mandated to develop and enhance Jamaica’s tourism product through diversification, infrastructure improvement, training, licensing compliance, craft market development, and destination assurance.
The company facilitates coordination between public and private sector interests and carries out its functions through offices in Kingston, Mandeville, Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios, and Portland. A Board of Directors drawn from both the public and private sectors, including representatives of resort areas and industry associations, oversees the company’s policies and strategic plans.
The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is a Jamaican statutory body established in 1955 under the Tourist Board Act and operates as the public body of the Ministry of Tourism. One of the region’s oldest destination marketing organisations, the JTB is mandated to promote Jamaica as a premier tourist destination worldwide, create local and international marketing and public relations campaigns, collect and maintain visitor data and expenditure statistics to capitalizing on opportunities, in order to increase visitor arrivals and expenditure, track regional and international industry performance, and support the Ministry in fostering public understanding of the tourism industry.
The JTB carries out its functions through offices in Kingston, Montego Bay, Miami, Toronto, London, and Berlin.
For the 2026/27 financial year, the Government of Jamaica is estimated to spend 2.38 billion to support the operational cost of the JTB.
