Record one million stopover arrivals in the first five months of 2018

Jamaica tourism performance has hit yet another record with Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett today reporting that stopover arrivals for the first five months of 2018 have surpassed one million

Bartlett says over the period the island welcomed roughly 1,025,997 stop over visitors, representing a 5.5% increase over the same period last year. 
 
According to him, cruise arrivals also recorded a 5.5% increase for the same period standing at 933,892 visitors.

This brings the total visitor arrivals figures to a record-breaking near two million. 
 
The tourism minister noted that, “Having a million stopover tourist arrivals for the first five months of the year is truly unprecedented. These provisional estimates mean that over 52,000 more tourists arrived on our shores over the same period for 2017. It also means that we are on track to welcoming at least 4.6 million visitors for 2018, which is yet another record.”
 
"Jamaica's tourism continues to prove itself to be resilient and robust. I am pleased that through the hard work of our team and sector workers, and continued diversification of our product to focus on experiential tourism, Jamaica remains a world-class destination that is highly sought after,” Bartlett added.
 
Bartlett added that,"of note is the significant increase in foreign exchange earnings for the period which increased by 9% and stood at US$1.3billion, up from US$1.2billion. As the main driver of economic growth, tourism is consistently showing its impact on economies locally, regionally and globally".

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