In a transfer to strengthen accessibility for Caribbean vacationers, Jamaica has introduced a brand new direct flight from Nassau, Bahamas, to Montego Bay’s Sangster Worldwide Airport (MBJ). The service, operated by Bahamasair, will begin on November 17, 2024, with flights scheduled twice weekly on Thursdays and Sundays. The roughly two-hour journey will provide a handy journey possibility for guests from the Bahamas to discover Jamaica’s wealthy tradition and pure magnificence.
Highlighting the significance of the brand new route, Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, shared, “This new flight inside the Caribbean area marks a big step in strengthening regional connectivity and tourism. It supplies higher entry for our Caribbean neighbors to expertise the wonder and tradition of Jamaica whereas enhancing alternatives for financial development and collaboration. We’re able to welcome extra guests from throughout the area, additional uniting the Caribbean as a hub of tradition and tourism.”
The announcement ceremony, held on October 24 at Kingston’s Courtleigh Lodge & Suites, included key tourism leaders from each nations. Donovan White, Director of Tourism for the Jamaica Vacationer Board (JTB), emphasised the flight’s potential to increase cultural exchanges and promote Jamaica’s distinct choices. “The introduction of this new flight to Jamaica marks not solely a celebration of connectivity but additionally a chance for vacationers to immerse themselves within the vibrant tradition, pure magnificence, and heat hospitality that Jamaica is famend for. It’s a bridge to our wealthy heritage and tradition, providing extra individuals the prospect to expertise the island’s breathtaking landscapes,” White famous.
Melony Rahming, Bahamasair’s Board Director of Gross sales and Advertising and marketing Subcommittee, underscored the strategic selection of Montego Bay, citing the shared vacationer attraction between the Bahamas and Jamaica. “We admire all that Jamaica has to supply, and we’re excited to share that with others. Montego Bay was chosen as a result of we felt that persevering with with the product that we provide within the Bahamas—which is in fact a vacationer vacation spot—Montego Bay is the most suitable choice to proceed on with what we provide already,” Rahming stated.
Peter Mullings, Deputy Director of Tourism, Advertising and marketing, JTB, added, “Tourism performs an enormous position in each our economies, and this new route presents the chance for extra customer arrivals, cultural exchanges, and enterprise alternatives.”
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The brand new Nassau-Montego Bay route represents a milestone in Caribbean tourism, bridging two well-liked locations and creating higher alternatives for each leisure and financial development throughout the area.
