Saturday, August 11, 2012

Art And Entertainment Making A Country Grow Into A Tourist Center

By Shari Swanson


Art an entertainment has helped to grow Jamaica mainly due to its long coastline that attracts tourists. It has a very large harbor used to ship in and out goods and passenger ships also dock with tourists. Due to its diverse climate a variety of wild animals and plants survive in these islands attracting both domestic and international tourists and many documentaries have been shot to showing the landscape and animals.

Annually the island attracts a large number of tourist due its diverse sites ranging from, mountains to rivers and unique animals. Some of these include Reach falls in Port Antonio, Blue Mountains in Kingston, in St Elizabeth and cliffs. All these attract both local and international tourists.

In jungles there is a variety of animals some found only in Jamaica and nowhere else. These animals range from land mammals to aquatic animals which include bats, wild boars, crocodiles, Asian mongoose, turtles and a wide variety of birds. Some of these animals are found in zoos whereas others are in the jungles.

The islands culture also attracts guests. Music genres like reggae, ska and dub have been used to sell the culture of Jamaicans globally. The music is predominantly from the Caribbean and the artists perform in almost all parts of the world.

Famous movie stars like James Bond have their movie setting based in Jamaica which includes Live and Let Die. Authors of big selling novels used the island as a setting for his work. The movies range from action to comedies.

The Jamaican national flag is well known worldwide due to the presence of sportsmen and women who perform exemplary in international races have had a significant role in the growth of Jamaica art and entertainment industry. The Rastafarian true colors and flags have been used by designers in the designing of clothes which are very marketable globally. They are also used in making of beads and necklaces which are also sold internationally.




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