Proposed heritage tour for Lucea

The proposed project will feature dry and a wet tour, from Negril and Lucea, with stops at various points throughout the journey.

Claudia Gardner, Hospitality Jamaica Writer

THE HANOVER Chamber of Commerce (HCoC) is designing a heritage tour of Lucea to capitalise on the thousands of tourists who pass through the town on their way to Negril and Montego Bay.

Paradise is the name of this Great House high in the hills of Hanover above Kingsvale. It is one of the many graceful old buildings in the parish

According to immediate past president of the HCoC, Ryan Morrison, the tour will incorporate historical sites in the town, including the 280-year-old Hanover Parish Church, Fort Charlotte and the Hanover Museum, both of which are also over two centuries old. He was speaking at a recent meeting of the chamber in Lucea.

"We met with the Institute of Jamaica which has taken over the Hanover Museum. They were willing to do the historic research and train the persons here, so we could have a sensible package," explained Mr. Morrison.

DRY RUN

"We are trying to do a dry run to see how far it takes us. It is an idea for the tour, but we want members of the chamber who are interested to register the company ... business people from the chamber have to see the tour as business to make money." According to the banker, the proposed project will feature dry and a wet tour, from Negril and Lucea, with stops at various points throughout the journey.

"Our initial tour would take us from the museum to the Hanover Parish Church to Fort Charlotte, the Lucea Market and back to the location," he stated.

"We are planning to do a test run, tape the tour and tweak it. The Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) will be there to provide advice and then hand it over to persons who are interested to run the tour. The chamber's approach is more of product development."