Wednesday, August 21, 2024 In July, Hurricane Beryl created a lot of impact. In spite of that, the spectacular Caribbean island of Jamaica is breaking all earlier records concerning tourist influxes, as expected by the Jamaican government at the commencement of this year. The most horrible outcome was anticipated when the Category-4 storm, which happened to be one of the most powerful ever to hit the island, shattered an extensive region on the southern flank of the country, impacting important infrastructure and obstructing major road networks.
To everyone’s surprise, Jamaica has witnessed a speedy recovery to the levels of 2023, and this occurrence has been described as a fleeting impact. In actuality, U.S.
travel demand, which is one of Jamaica’s chief source markets, has stayed unbroken, marking a 9 percent upsurge in stopover entrances during the first quarter this year equaled to the similar period in 2023. In the course of the first quarter in 2024, Jamaica greeted 781,081 tourists, which is a 6.4 percent rise when equaled to 2023.
Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett said that they witnessed a great start to 2024, already seeing a record-breaking 2.4 million tourists so far. This is a figure that has never been seen before in Jamaica.
Bartlett said that the first quarter outcomes prove how diligent their tourism community is and how their cooperative labors to create a strong tourism product carry on driving their economy. Bartlett has even predicted that Jama.