The new $700-million artisan village in Falmouth, Trelawny, which is poised to serve as a marquee tourist attraction in the resort town, is all but ready and Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is hinting that it will be opened soon.
According to Bartlett, the artisan village, which is located on lands leased from the Port Authority of Jamaica in proximity to the Falmouth pier, is poised to offer a new experience to visitors to the island.
Bartlett said he hopes the opening of the village will coincide with the return of cruise ships to the seaside town, which has not been able to host cruise ships since the country’s borders were closed in March as a result of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The artisan village is expected to expose visitors to the town of Falmouth through the various eras of transformation from the days of sugar, its Georgian heritage, and today as the nation’s premier cruise shipping destination.
The creation of the artisan village is the answer to the prayers of many business stakeholders in the parish, who have been bemoaning the absence of a marquee attraction to keep some of the cruise shipping earnings in the town.
