Jamaica’s tourism sector continues to experience downward pressure for the third month this year, according to data released by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, operators of the country’s major airports.
According to the company, preliminary data of terminal passenger traffic showed a 7.7 percent decline for March 2025, resulting in 40,000 fewer incoming and outgoing passengers, with 482,600 passengers passing through the airport, compared with 522,800 in March 2024. The much smaller Norman Manley International Airport had a 7.7 percent increase of 10,000 passengers to 139,200 from 129,300 in 2023.
For the year to March, Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport processed 129,000 fewer passengers than for the same period last year, with a total of 1,338,900 this year compared with 1,457,300 for the similar period in 2024. The Norman Manley Airport saw 9.4 percent more travelers or 37,600 passing through the airport than in 2023 when 391,400 passed through compared with 428,000 in March this year.