JAMAICA

CURRENCY: Jamican Dollar.

EXCHANGE RATE: JMD 34.50 = US $1.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English.

POPULATION: 2.5 million.

CAPITAL: Kingston.

INTERNATIONAL CODE: TELEPHONE 876.

CURRENCY CONTROLS: The Jamaican Dollar is freely imported and exported.

GAMING INFORMATION: Jamaica's only form of casino gaming is slot machines.A few large resorts have slots in a separate room, or as part of a larger game room with billiards, darts and video games.Full scale casino action is not available in Jamaica.

CLIMATE: Tropical with an average year round temperature of 82? F (28'c), rainfall of 78 inches.

TOURIST INFORMATION: Jamaica Tourist Board, 2 St Lucia Ave., Box 360 Kingston 5.Tel (809) 9299200.

HOW TO GET THERE: Flights into either Montego Bay 's Donald Sangster Int'l Airport or Kingston's Norman Manley Int'l Airport (KIN).