Jamaica on track for record high arrivals in 2017
Jamaica tourism leaders are forecasting record visitor arrivals this year.
The Jamaica Tourist Board predicts a record high of 4.2 million visitors by the end of 2017 and also expects record cruise traffic.
From the January to July period, Jamaica welcomed 1,088,718 cruise ship passengers.
That is up 4.9% year-over-year and JTB expects that growth rate to continue through 2017.
"Jamaica is on to a very good path. We are getting more rooms, we are getting more airlift, we are getting more visitors and we are earning more," minister of tourism Edmund Bartlett said.
Bartlett said island-wide room inventory will be boosted by an extra 15,000 rooms by 2021.
Resort security issues, particularly concerning harassment of tourists, with also be addressed with the roll out of two new programs – the District Constables Training Program and the Destination Assurance Councils.
The latter was launched in June in six resort areas which is tasked with monitoring the quality standards of tourism and the progress of development initiatives in resort areas.
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