Tourist traffic improvement continues for Jamaica


Tourist traffic transiting Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport shows a modest improvement in May compared with April, with a fall of 19 percent compared with 22 percent for April, this year over 2025, data released by Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico show.

Traffic through Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport dropped by 5.2 percent to 138,700 passengers in May this year, from 146,300 in May 2025. The decline in May compares favourably with a 6 percent fall in April this year, compared with 2025.
For the Year to May, the Montego Bay airport processed 27.3 percent less passengers than last year, with 1,573,000 passing through, versus 2,164,800 in 2025, an improvement over the 29.2 percent fall up to April.
The capital city ended with 699,200 passengers, moving through the Norman Manley International Airport, with a fall of 4.1 percent to 729,300 versus 3.1 percent up to April this year.

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