The Norman Manley Worldwide Airport in Kingston skilled a surge in exercise between December 22 and December 30, 2024, welcoming over 31,000 passengers. This marked a 27 per cent enhance in comparison with the identical interval final yr.
Senior Tourism Advisor and Strategist, Delano Seiveright attributes the uptick in arrivals to the airport in Kingston partly to the Downsound Leisure-organised Vybz Kartel Freedom Street Concert at the National Stadium on New 12 months’s Eve.
Joe Bogdanovich is the CEO of Downsound Leisure.
“Up to now, knowledge exhibits that just about 7,000 extra passengers landed on the Norman Manley Worldwide Airport in Kingston between December 22 and December 30, 2024 vis a vis December 22 to December 30, 2023, Seiveright famous on New 12 months’s Eve.
“Busy vacation season certainly and little question that the Joe Bogdanovich-led and organised New 12 months’s Eve present accounts for a fair proportion of these elevated numbers,” he added.
Between December 22 to 30, 2024 round 31,646 passengers arrived on the airport in Kingston, compared to the round 24,935 arrivals over the identical interval in 2023.
“This can be a 27 per cent uptick in arrivals for Kingston!” an upbeat Seiveright expressed.
The Vybz Kartel Freedom Avenue Live performance was staged on the Nationwide Stadium on Tuesday, December 31 and attracted a bumper crowd with followers flying in from so far as Australia, the continent of Africa and Europe.
