"The visitor experience is coming back fast," said Philip Rose, deputy director of tourism for the Jamaica Tourist Board.

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A traveling group of four planned for a weeklong Caribbean getaway. They returned after another week of no water and no internet.

"The most empowering thing I saw was locals -- mostly hospitality workers -- showing up for work the day after the hurricane," Jamaica Tourism Board exec Philip Rose told me.

As you've surely heard by now, Jamaica took a beating over the past week from unfortunately fatal Hurricane Melissa, the latest Caribbean storm that tourists have to keep an eye on year after year.

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CORRECTS CITY - An aerial view of Falmouth, Jamaica, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) CORRECTS CITY - An aerial view of Falmouth, Jamaica, ...

Jamaican officials reported four deaths as a result of Hurricane Melissa on Wednesday (October 29), which made landfall a day earlier as the strongest hurricane on record to directly hit the island.