The results are in from our our 2002 "Best of Jamaica" survey. Below are the results of each category for the "Best of Jamaica".

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TOURIST

BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION IN JAMAICA:
Dunn’s River

BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION IN MONTEGO BAY:
Holiday Inn Sunspree

BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION IN OCHO RIOS:
Dunn’s river falls

BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION IN NEGRIL:
Negril’s Seven Mile Beach

BEST GOLF COURSE:
The Half Moon Hotel’s golf course

BEST HOTEL IN JAMAICA:
Jamaica Grande, Le Meridien Jamaica Pegasus, and Sandals

BEST HOTEL IN KINGSTON:
Hilton

BEST HOTEL IN MONTEGO BAY:
Beaches

BEST HOTEL IN NEGRIL:
Sandals

BEST HOTEL IN OCHO RIOS:
Franklyn Dean Resort, Jamaica Grande, Renaissance Jamaica Grande, Sandals Dunn’s River

BEST HOTEL FOR A WEDDING:
Beaches Negril, Club Ambiance, Hilton Kingston, Sandal’s Couples in Ochi, Swept Away

BEST HOTEL WELCOME:
Holiday Inn Sunspree – Montego Bay

BEST PLACE TO BUY CRAFTS:
Montego Bay Crafts market and Ocho Rios Craft Market

BEST DUTY FREE STORES:
Sangster Airport Montego Bay

JAMAICA LIFE

BEST ACTOR:
Oliver Samuel

BEST ACTRESS:
Fay Ellington

BEST AIRLINE:
Air Jamaica

BEST ANNUAL EVENT:
Jamaican Carnival

BEST MUSEUM:
Bob Marley Museum

BEST NEWSPAPER:
The Gleaner

BEST NIGHT CLUB:
Margaritaville (Ocho Rios, Montego Bay and Negril)

BEST POLITICIAN:
PJ Patterson

BEST RADIO PERSONALITY:
Barbara Gloudon, Barry Gordon, Dion ‘wake dem up’ Mathes, Jerry D, Mutty Perkins, Paula Ann Porter

BEST RADIO STATION:
Irie FM

BEST STAGE SHOW 2002:
Shaggy

BEST TV STATION:
TV J

BEST CRICKET PLAYER:
Courtney Walsh

BEST TRACK ATHLETE:
Merlene Ottey

BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER:
Ricardo Gardener

FOODS

BEST BAKERY:
Captain’s Bakery

BEST BEEF PATTY:
Tastee Patty

BEST ESCOVITCH FISH:
Faiths Pen, Hellshire, Port Royal, Jerk supreme

BEST JERK CHICKEN:
Boston Jerk, Pork Pit Montego Bay

RECREATION

BEST OVERALL BEACH IN JAMAICA:
7-mile in Negril

BEST BEACH IN KINGSTON/PORTMORE/SPANISH TOWN:
Hellshire

BEST BEACH IN MONTEGO BAY:
Doctor’s Cave

BEST BEACH IN NEGRIL:
Negril’s Seven Mile Beach

BEST BEACH IN OCHO RIOS:
Beach on Couples Resort, James Bond Beach, The beach on the San Cousi property

JAMAICAN BOOK 2002:
One Love by Robbie Earle and Jamaican Life

BEST BOOK STORE:
Sangsters

BEST JAMAICAN DJ:
Bennie Man

[#:5}RESTAURANTS

BEST NATURAL FOOD/VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT:
Eden

BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT:
Bamboo Village, Dragon Court, jade garden

BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT:
Evita’s, Papillion – Negril

BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT:
Pelican Montego Bay

BEST JAMAICAN RESTAURANT:
Island Grill, Pork Pit Montego Bay

ENTERTAINMENT

BEST JAMAICAN REGGAE ARTIST:
Beenie Man

BEST JAMAICAN REGGAE BAND:
Morgan Heritage, Third World, TOK

JAMAICA ONLINE

Thanks for voting us NO. 1 in all website categories below. However we stated that the votes were for other sites not Jamaicans.com.

BEST MUSIC/ENTERTAINMENT WEBSITE:
www.reggae.com and www.whaddat.com

BEST NEWS & INFORMATION WEBSITE:
www.Go-Jamaica.com – Gleaner

BEST JAMAICA SEARCH WEBSITE:
www.top5jamaica.com

BEST SPORTS WEBSITE:
www.thereggaeboyz.com

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