No ka makahiki ʻehā, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Jamaica ʻo ka World's Leading Cruise Destination ma ka World Travel Awards. Ua lanakila ʻo Jamaica i kāna lanakila ʻelima ʻoiai ʻo ka Caribbean's Leading Cruise Destination a ʻo Ocho Rios i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Caribbean's Leading Cruise Port. ʻO nā makana, i wehewehe ʻia e ka Wall Street Journal ʻo 'Oscars' o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi honua a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ua hoʻoholo ʻia e nā balota i hoʻolei ʻia e nā poʻe loea huakaʻi mai 183,000 mau hui a me nā hui mākaʻikaʻi ma luna o 160 mau ʻāina.
"Me ka kānalua ʻole, pono e hoʻopili ʻia kā mākou kūleʻa i ka World Travel Awards i ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā ʻike i loaʻa iā mākou e hāʻawi aku i nā malihini holo moana. Loaʻa iā mākou nā mea āpau mai ke kūʻai ʻana a me nā huakaʻi mōʻaukala, a hiki i nā hanana hopena kiʻekiʻe a hiki i ka Jamaica ke hoʻopili me nā mea āpau o ka moku holo moku ma nā ala ʻaʻole hiki i kahi huakaʻi ʻē aʻe, "wahi a William Tatham, ka hope pelekikena o ka Port Authority o Jamaica no Cruise Shipping. a me nā hana ʻo Marina. ʻO ka Port Authority ke kuleana no ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka moku holo moku ma lalo o ka brand "Cruise Jamaica".
Wahi a nā mea hoʻonohonoho, ua hōʻike ka noiʻi ʻana i ka lanakila ʻana i ka World Travel Award e hoʻonui ai i ka hōʻailona inoa honua, e kūkulu ana i ka kūpaʻa o ka mea kūʻai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Graham Cooke, ka pelekikena a me ka mea hoʻokumu, World Travel Awards: “ʻO nā mahina he 12 i hala iho nei ua lawe mai i kekahi mau pilikia, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka puka ʻana o ka maʻi puaʻa, ka mea i hoʻopilikia i ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi honua; ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia ka poʻe lanakila o kēia lā ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa ma ko lākou wahi, akā ua hōʻike lākou iā lākou iho ka mea maikaʻi loa ma ka honua a ʻo ka helu ʻekahi o nā poʻe loea huakaʻi a me nā mea kūʻai aku.
Hoʻokipa ʻo Ocho Rios a me Montego Bay i kekahi o nā moku holo moana nui loa o ka honua, ʻoiai ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo Port Antonio no nā laina boutique liʻiliʻi. ʻO ka hanauna hou o ke awa ʻo Jamaican e hoʻomaka me Historic Falmouth, kahi awa ʻo ia ka mea hoihoi. Hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻokipa i kahi moku Oasis-class a me kahi moku Freedom-class. E lawe ana ka mōʻaukala Falmouth i kāna mau hōʻailona mai 18th Century Jamaica i ka wā ʻo Falmouth kekahi o nā awa alakaʻi a me nā kikowaena kalepa ma ʻAmelika. "Ua ʻike ʻia ke kūlanakauhale he mau hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o ka hoʻolālā Georgian ma waho o Beretania, a ua hoʻohana mākou i kēia no ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻike moʻolelo pololei e hāʻawi nui i ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka ʻoliʻoli," wahi a Tatham. E hoʻomaka ʻia ʻo Falmouth mōʻaukala i ka Fall 2010.
