Jamaica Records Best Summer Tourism Outturns Ever This Year

• Jamaica has, this year, recorded the best stopover visitor arrivals figure and foreign exchange earnings for any summer period in the country’s history.
• According to the Tourism Minister, Jamaica recorded 5,000 more visitors than it did in the summer of 2019, which was a record year. Furthermore, total earnings for the period were 20% above 2019.
• At the beginning of 2022, the tourism sector was projected to earn US$3.5Bn and welcome approximately 2.3Mn stopover visitors for the year, to be the Caribbean’s fastest-growing tourist destination. However, considering the outturn to date, projections are now up to 2.6 million projections for stopover visitors, not including cruise passengers, and the projection for earnings is a whopping US$4.2Bn.
• Jamaica is currently tracking ahead of pre-COVID projections, as the country was previously not projected to reach this target until around 2025.
• With this strong performance, the sector continues to be a significant contributor to economic growth, with Jamaica’s economy recording up to five consecutive quarters of growth, thus far.

(Source: JIS News)