Jamaica to Attract 500,000 Canadian Visitors by 2025  

• Jamaica is on a drive to attract more than half a million Canadian visitors to the island by 2025, a 20 per cent increase over the current figure of about 400,000.
• Regional Director for Canada for the Jamaica Tourist Board, Angella Bennett, revealed the ambitious goal while addressing the dinner & awards ceremony for the Sandals 27th Annual Baxter Canadian Golf Tournament, held at Sandals Ochi, in St. Ann, on October 28.
• She outlined that several endearing factors will help Jamaica to reach this “achievable target”, most notably the resilience of the Canadian tourism market.
• Over two days, October 27 and 28, more than 60 travel advisors and various stakeholders from Canada joined the golf tournament hosted at the Sandals Golf Upton Estate Country Club in St. Ann. It is expected that the event will have a positive impact on enhancing Jamaica’s reputation as a premier golfing destination, further promoting the island’s allure to golf enthusiasts and ultimately increasing the value of Jamaica’s tourism product.
• Currently, Canada’s stopover arrivals for this year are expected to outpace 2022’s figure by more than 40 per cent, according to Ms Bennett.

(Source: JIS)