In this powerful reasoning, Dr. John Lennon explains why Jamaica’s tourism model, built around all-inclusive resorts and golf courses, does far more harm to the local economy than officials admit. According to Lennon, the deeper problem is not a lack of visitors but a structural one, since all-inclusive tourists rarely leave their resorts, pay no local tax, and leave almost no money circulating in Jamaican towns and markets. Lennon breaks down the government’s own figures on tourism employment, earnings, and beach access to show how the official narrative does not hold up, pointing to the gap between the claimed 1% and the documented 0.57% of publicly accessible beaches, the underwhelming tax contribution of a sector said to drive 35% of GDP, and the mounting losses at Ian Fleming International Airport despite talk of building another. He argues that resources poured into new hotels and airports should instead go toward rebuilding towns, protecting beach access, and supporting local vendors and cruise tourism.