KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The number of tourists flocking to Jamaica’s sun\u002Ddrenched beaches soared nearly 100% in the first three months of the year, causing…
Prime Minister Andrew Holness said the problems at Sangster underscore the need to push through the $70 million modernization and expansion project that already was underway.
As part of the project, the runway is being lengthened at a cost of $34 million, work that is expected to be finished in June. He said the Tourism Ministry’s growth plan aims to have the island draw 5 million visitors annually by 2025. That would be a 35% increase from Jamaica’s peak of 3.7 million tourists in 2022.
In 2019, before the pandemic, the airport processed 4.7 million passengers, including citizens and visitors. The number of tourists to Jamaica peaked at 3.7 million in 2022, 70% of whom used the Sangster gateway.
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