AgriLinkages Exchange unlocks $2B in tourism market for farmers

Almost $2 billion in sales has already flowed through Jamaica’s AgriLinkages Exchange (ALEx), highlighting the enormous market tourism creates for farmers and other local suppliers, says Dr Carey Wallace, executive director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).

Wallace said the sheer level of consumption by tourists creates major opportunities for Caribbean producers, particularly as the region’s tourism sector continues to expand.

“Tourism comes with consumption. And the average tourist consumes more daily than the average resident,” Wallace said during a plenary discussion at Caribbean Week of Agriculture at Ocean Coral Spring in Trelawny today.