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Jamaica sees 'rapid recovery' in UK visitor numbers

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Will Payne
5 April 2022

Jamaica has seen a "rapid recovery" in arrivals from the UK after more than 15,000 Brits travelled to the country in January alone.

The Jamaica Tourist Board recently hosted 20 Tui agents on a fam trip to the Caribbean island

According to new data from the Jamaica Tourist Board, the country saw 18,000 UK arrivals in December 2021 and 16,000 in November.
 
The latest arrival statistics show the country is "almost on course" to return to pre-pandemic visitors volumes, after British travellers to Jamaica reached 74,290 in 2021 compared to 225,000 in 2019.
 

Edmund Bartlett, the country’s minister of tourism, said: "We are encouraged to see the results of the hard work of everyone in Jamaica to successfully rebuild tourism.