Jamaica has this week reported its highest seven-day cumulative arrival figures since reopening borders on June 15th.
Preliminary statistics from the Jamaica Vacationer Board (JTB) present that for the interval December 22nd-28th, simply over 21,000 passengers arrived on the island.
The Sangster Worldwide Airport in Montego Bay welcomed 16,841 and 4,203 further passengers arrived on the Norman Manley Worldwide Airport in Kingston.
“That is welcome information for us as an trade as we see an uptick in customer arrivals and shut the 12 months on a optimistic notice.
“The Christmas holidays offered the vacation spot a well-needed increase, which we hope might be an indicator of what we will anticipate within the New 12 months,” stated Donovan White, Jamaica director of tourism.
“All stakeholders stay optimistic and imagine that the air seats secured for Winter 2020/2021 will additional bolster our restoration efforts.”
Between December 1st-28th, Jamaica welcomed over 98,000 guests, a rise of greater than 30,000 in comparison with the earlier month.
Sangster Worldwide Airport continues to account for almost all of arrivals.
Between June 15th and December 28th, a complete of 376,044 passengers arrived on the island.
The JTB lately introduced tourism gross sales and advertising and marketing methods that can ship on the Vacation spot Assurance promise of a secure, safe and seamless go to.
Vacation spot Assurance prioritises well being and security, whereas positioning Jamaica because the premiere vacation alternative for GEN-C, the era that transcends demographics and displays the shared psychographic of dwelling by the pandemic.
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