Jamaica saw a 3.7% increase in stopover arrivals in December 2018.

According to the Jamaica Tourist Board, Jamaica saw the volume of stopover arrivals increase by 3.7% in December 2018, growing from 251,800 arrivals in December 2017 to 261,147 arrivals in December 2018. Stopover arrivals from the USA grew by 17.5%, from 156,660 visitors in December 2017 to 168,363 visitors in December 2018. Cruise arrivals increased by 8.8%, from 208,212 cruise visitors in December 2017 to 226,554 cruise visitors in December 2018.

In full year 2018 Jamaica saw a 5.1% increase in the volume of stopover arrivals, growing from 2,352,915 stopover arrivals in 2017 to 2,472,727 arrivals in the same twelve months of 2018. Arrivals from the USA increased by 7.8% in 2018, growing from 1,509,963 arrivals in 2017 to 1,628,402 arrivals in 2018. The number of cruise visitors decreased by 4.0% in 2018, falling from 1,923,274 cruise visitors in 2017 to 1,854,873 cruise visitors in 2018.