Jamaica’s 2021 Visitor Arrivals and Spend Beat Projections

• Jamaica reported more than 1.5 million visitor arrivals in 2021, and total visitor spending of $2.095 billion, which were above projections of 1.5Mn and $1.9Bn, respectively. 
• Of the total 1,535,165 visitor arrivals recorded, 1,464,399 were air stopover arrivals. The U.S. was both the largest and best-performing market, accounting for 1,278,679 of air stopover arrivals in 2021. Overall, visitors’ average length of stay increased in 2021, averaging 9.1 nights as compared to 7.9 nights in 2019. 
• “The fact that we exceeded visitor arrivals and spend projections for 2021 is a clear testament to the strength and resilience of Jamaica’s tourism product as well as the excellent relationships we enjoy with our travel industry partners,” said Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism, Jamaica.
• For the month of December 2021 alone, air stopover arrivals reached 223,333 or 79.4% of December 2019 levels. Tourism and infrastructure developments across the island continue to move forward which have helped the sector to retain a positive outlook in 2022. Jamaica is projecting approximately 2.45 to 2.5 million visitor arrivals with a total visitor spend of about $2.9 billion in 2022.

(Source: Travel Agent Central)