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Jamaica ‘recovered and growing by 2023’ says tourism minister

Government
Will Payne
27 April 2022

Jamaica expects its tourism sector to be "fully recovered and growing" from the impacts of the Covid pandemic by 2023, the country’s tourism minister Edmund Bartlett has told TTG.

Jamaican tourism minister Edmund Bartlett is spearheading the campaign

The island is on track to welcome 200,000 British visitors – a record number – by the end of the year, with global arrival numbers reaching four million.

Speaking on Wednesday (27 April), Bartlett said the recovery projection came after Jamaica’s tourism ministry met with trade partners earlier in the pandemic to secure airlift.

"So by 2023, Jamaica will be fully recovered and growing," he added. "We will have pretty close to four million visitors and earning well in excess of $4 billion from the industry.