A JM$550m (US$5m, €3.6m, £3m) eco-friendly wellness resort has been reopened in Kingston, Jamaica, by the nation’s Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller following a complete redevelopment.

The completely redeveloped Eden Gardens Wellness Resort and Spa opened 25 March and is seen to be a major tourism attraction in Kingston by the Jamaican government.

The resort and spa – a member of the EHF Group of Companies and operated by Eden Gardens Wellness & Lifestyle – features 20 treatment rooms across the facility and offers a range of wellness and lifestyle services to guests, including a therapeutic spa, fitness club, health food restaurant with smoothie bar and a nutrition centre.

Treatments include massage therapy, facials, reflexology, yoga and activities for stress management.

Jamaican tourism minister Wykeham McNeil said the redeveloped facility exemplifies the government's mandate to diversify tourism and additionally to tap the island's potential for a booming health and wellness tourism market.

EHF executive chair Dr Henry Lowe also commented that Eden Gardens was conceptualised as a “wellness oasis” in which all its offerings would unite to provide holistic wellness for the body, mind and spirit, noting that before the overhaul, there had been a diversion from that original concept.

“The new Eden Gardens is back and exceedingly better than before,” he said. “As in addition to recapturing its original purpose, we have now infused cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art amenities into the new facility."