Health and wellness promo, plus ganja, could catapult Jamaica's tourist arrivals

President and CEO of the Canada-based Timeless Herbal Care Courtney Betty (left) makes a point to Minister of Tourism and Entertainment Dr Wykeham McNeill at the 6th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James last Monday.

ROSE HALL, St James -- The president and CEO of Canada-based company Timeless Herbal Care Courtney Betty is confident that yearly tourist arrivals to the island could surpass the three-million mark if Jamaica is promoted as a health and wellness destination, featuring marijuana.

"We... think that, by advertising Jamaica as a destination for health and wellness, which include marijuana, [we] will be able to increase the number of visitors coming to [the island]," said Betty, who is also an attorney-at-law.

"When we are talking about medical marijuana, we are talking about the food you eat, we are talking about the other aspects of it. Our company does not...

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