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As the Caribbean’s cruise industry gathers in Jamaica this October, the Port Authority of Jamaica arrives with an extraordinary hat-trick of nominations — recognition of an island whose relationship with the sea has become one of the great success stories of Caribbean tourism.
There are few more evocative ways to arrive in Jamaica than by sea. Long before the first glimpse of the island’s green mountains comes into view, there is the anticipation: turquoise water stretching towards the horizon, the promise of reggae, rum, warm hospitality and that unmistakable Jamaican rhythm waiting on shore.