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Jamaica sets its eyes on new tourism arrival target for 2025
Rashaed season
Staff Writer
#Jamaica, November 11, 2023 – Jamaica’s tourism ambitions are running high as a new target number of 250,000 visitors out of the United Kingdom and Ireland by 2025.
The Honourable Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism for the island made the announcement, informing that it’s partly through the new Norse Atlantic Airways service to the Sangster International Airport in Montego, that the target will be reached.
December will mark the beginning of the flight service which is set to operate four times weekly from London Gatwick.
Barrette was speaking at an exclusive media event at the Jamaica stand at World Travel Market (WTM) in London.
If and when this new target is met, it will surpass 2022’s figure of 229,000 UK visitors which made Jamaica a top
In highlighting the island’s dedication to make this new target a reality he said, “ we plan to aggressively build on this number,” adding that along with Norse Atlantic coming and the country’s other long-standing airline partners, he is confident it will happen.