Sharp fall in tourist arrivals to Jamaica

Stopover tourist movements plunged 13.7 percent at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, with the passage of hurricane Beryl disrupting travel activity at the beginning of the month and made worse with the closure of Sangster’s International Airport being closed for a limited period. 
The month ended with 443,400 passengers down from 513,700 in 2023 with the year to date inching up by a mere 0.5 percent to 3.186 million from 3.171 million in 2023.
Passenger movement through Kingston’s Norman Manley Airport dipped 2.3 percent to 177,600 from 181,700 in 2023 and for the year to date it fell 2.3 percent to 988,200 from 1.011.3 million.