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Lucea boasts many clubs and parks as well as the historical attractions, and museum. Lucea’s most popular dance clubs that attract both tourists and local people are the 300 Club, founded in 1955, Green Dragon, and Border Line. The Tryall Golf, Tennis & Beach Club sits on a 2,200 acre property, and is outside of Lucea’s and is Hanover’s most exclusive resort.
Lucea lies between two of Jamaica’s most prominent resort cities, Negril and Montego Bay, has yet to capitalize on the thousands of tourists that pass through. Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has said he will announce plans for designating Lucea as a resort destination. Bartlett said:
The designation will give Lucea certain privileges and will also allow for us to look at the resort’s planning development, which other resort towns are getting and so Lucea will be able to join Negril, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios as properly planned resort centers.
Since that statement a Spanish firm Grand Palladium has erected a new 1600 unit luxury resort called the Lady Hamilton.