O fefa'ataua'iga turisi a Jamaica e foliga mai na faigofie ona fa'afetaia'ia le pa'u o le lalolagi. Na taʻu atu e le Minisita o Turisi a Jamaica Edmund Bartlett i sui usufono i le faaaliga a le Caribbean Marketplace i Montego Bay i le Aso Gafua, na vaaia e le atunuu le 1.9 miliona na taunuu mai i le 2010, o se siitaga e 4.7% nai lo le fuainumera o le 2009, ma o se siitaga e 3.6% nai lo le tausaga talu ai. Ma, fai mai Bartlett, ua faatuina e Jamaica se sini mataʻutia e oʻo atu i le 5 miliona tagata asiasi i le lima tausaga.
O Kanata o se "maketi mataʻina," ma le 300,000 tagata Kanata na asiasi atu i le tausaga talu ai, o le 7% faʻateleina, o le tala lea a Bartlett. I le taimi nei, o le igoa Air Jamaica o le a toe faʻaalia i le Caribbean ma Kanata lagi. O le Air Jamaica na tu'ufa'atasia ma le Caribbean Airlines ae o lea ua mana'omia e fuafuaga le toe fanauina o le Air Jamaica i lenei taumafanafana, muamua ofoina atu le tautua i Lonetona ona sosoo ai lea ma Toronto ma togi i le US. O le Air Jamaica o le a taulai atu i tagata tafafao maimoa.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- Air Jamaica merged with Caribbean Airlines but plans now call for the Air Jamaica brand to be reborn this summer, first offering service to London and then Toronto and points in the US.
- Meanwhile, the Air Jamaica name is to reappear in Caribbean and Canadian skies.
- Canada is a “phenomenal market,” with 300,000 Canadians visiting last year, a 7% increase, Bartlett said.
