Tourism traffic to Jamaica continues to improve since the passage of Melissa in late 2025, with Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay showing a decline in March of 25.7 percent, with 358,400 passengers passing through the Montego Bay airport compared to 482,600 in 2025, data released by Grrupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico show.
Kingston Norman Manley Airport has started to reveal positive numbers with a margianal one percent improvement for March, with 140,600 passengers passing through the airport versus 139,200 in the 2025 period and year to date, 414,800 passengers, down 3.1 percent versus 428,000 for the same period in 2025.
The decline in March compares with 31.4 percent fall in February and 34.7 percent for the first two months of the year for Montego Bay and a decline of 2.2 percent for Kingston for February and 5.1 percent for the year to date in February.
Jamaica is not the only destination showing a sharp decline in March for international travel, Mexico Tijuana is down by 16 percent and Puerto Vallarta, a decline of 32 percent.