The 2020 event was scheduled to be held in Bermuda but was then postponed to 2021 before being cancelled as a result of ongoing coronavirus-related concerns in the territory.

President of the Jamaican Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Garth Gayle, announced that the organisation had received support to host the 49^th edition of the Games at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Special Congress.

"We at the JAAA are confident in our own abilities," said Gayle, as reported by the Jamaica Observer.

"Once the opportunity came up and we sat as an executive, we thought it would be a great decision to take on the challenge.

"[We have] a team of professionals who we believe will deliver from start to finish and our meetings have already started.

"We still have a few more arrangements to complete with Government agencies to finalise the successful staging of the games."

Jamaican Minister of Sport Olivia Grange claims that hosting the event would fit in with the Government's plans for a year-long celebration of the country's diamond jubilee as an independent nation.

Guyana had originally been selected to host the 2022 Games but has been awarded hosting rights for 2023 to allow it more time to ensure that the country is prepared, especially on an infrastructural level.

Jamaica is the most successful country at the CARIFTA Games with 770 gold medals since records began in 1990.

The Bahamas occupies second with 171 golds while Trinidad and Tobago's 166 sees them sit in third.

The first edition of the youth tournament was held in the Barbadian capital of Bridgetown in 1972.

Jamaica has hosted the annual event on seven occasions, with Kingston staging it six times and Montego Bay holding it most recently in 2011.