Jamaica’s tourist arrivals drop in February

March 8, 2025 by
Passenger traffic passing through Kingston Norman Manley International Airport continues to record increases over last year, rising 7.1 percent in February, with 121,900 international travellers passing through the airport, from 113,800 in 2024.

Passenger traffic passing through Kingston’s Norman Manley Airport for January and February rose 10.2 percent to 288,900 from 262,100 in 2024 for similar months last year, data released by Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico operators of Jamaica’s two major airports show. Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport continues to bleed, with a drop of 9.6 percent from 442,600 passengers in 2024 to 400,300 with the year to date declining 8.4 percent to 856,500 from 934,500 in 2024. February marks the 9th month of decline since April last year, with data from the Jamaica Tourist Board showing less than a percent rise in May and October.

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Tourism bounce in April for Jamaica

May 7, 2023 by

Jamaica enjoyed a continued bounce in visitor arrivals in April this year compared to the year ago, data released by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, operators of the Sangster and Norman Manley international airports in Jamaica shows. The report shows preliminary terminal passenger traffic figures for April 2023, with Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay enjoying a 13 percent increase and Kingston Norman Manley international airports with a 25.7 percent bounce compared to 2022.

Aeroplanes line up at Sangster International Airport in January.

Montego Bay handled 454,400 passengers in April this year, up 13 percent over 402,200 for April 2022; the April 2023 passenger movement bettered the 424,700 in 2019 by 7 percent.
For the four months to April, 1,805,400 passengers passed through the airport, up 35.7 percent over the 1,330,300 for the same period in 2022 and just 2.4 percent over the 1,805,400 passengers in 2019.
Norman Manley International Airport processed 25.8 percent more passengers than the 116,400 in April 2022, with 146,500 passengers passing through the capital’s airport, marginally higher than 145,695 in April 2019. For the year to April, 540,600 passengers utilized the airport, 40.5 percent above the 384,700 that passed through in 2022 but slightly below the 548,555 handled in 2019.
While Montego Bay had fewer passengers than the 491,300 in March this year, Kingston beat out the 136,000 handled in March.

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