The variety of vacationers who got here to Jamaica in 2022 elevated by 117 % from 2021, totaling 3.3 million.
“Month-to-month stopover arrivals started to surpass 2019 figures as of June 2022 and it’s anticipated that 2023 will present a full restoration in our annual figures, forward of earlier estimates that full restoration would happen in 2024,” stated Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica’s minister of tourism.
“Earlier than even finishing the primary six months of this yr, we have now already obtained 2 million guests from our stopover and cruise arrivals,” he added.
“This interprets into document earnings of $2 billion, a whopping 18 % above the 2019 earnings for a similar time interval. It needs to be no shock then that Jamaica is bracing for the most effective summer time vacationer season ever.”
Based on April ForwardKeys Air Ticket Knowledge, air journey bookings for summer time 2023 are anticipated to rise by as a lot as 33% over these for summer time 2019.
“2022 turned out to be fairly a profitable yr for us by way of recovering arrivals and earnings, due partially to our built-in advertising and marketing push all through the US.,” stated Donovan White, director of tourism of the Jamaica Vacationer Board.
“With 2023 already posting sturdy numbers, we’re very optimistic concerning the outlook for development this yr and past.”
Based on the Jamaica Vacationer Board, the US is Jamaica’s foremost customer supply, accounting for 75 of all guests.
“For the complete yr 2023, it’s anticipated that Jamaica will present a full restoration in its annual figures with projections of three.9 million guests and overseas trade earnings of $4.3 billion, forward of earlier estimates for full restoration in 2024,” the vacationer board stated.
