Nassau, Bahamas: The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism of the Bahamas, Chester Cooper stated that the island has witnessed a 3.5% progress in cease over arrivals by air.
He introduced the event whereas addressing the Airports Convention of the Americas hosted by the Tourism Ministry. He stated that the nation’s principal gateway, Lynden Pindling Worldwide Airport, is ‘too small’ in any other case the island would have recorded extra guests.
The Minister stated that the island has seen a big stage of progress in vacationer arrivals. Whereas explaining the very fact, Cooper stated that in 2023, Bahamas have had a document setting 12 months with air arrivals 10 p.c forward of the earlier 12 months, making LPIA one of many busiest airports within the area.
He said that in consequence, his group is projecting one other $200 million in funding over the interval of subsequent 12 to 18 months.
Cooper additionally emphasised that the Bahamas is going through the infrastructural problem of constructing in addition to sustaining thirty state owned airports.
In keeping with the Minister, that is why the island has launched the Household Island Renaissance Program to develop PPPs to completely rehabilitate 14 airports throughout the Bahamas for an estimated quantity of $260 million. He said that these are two nice issues to have provided that they’re inspired by the expansion the island is seeing in tourism and within the total economic system.
He continued that the 2023 was the island’s finest ever season with round 10 million tourism arrivals to the Bahamas by sea and air and this 12 months the island has already seen a 3.5 p.c progress within the cease over arrivals via air.
It was additionally stated that the international air arrivals to the Grand Bahama island alone throughout the first 5 months of 2024 confirmed an 8 p.c improve 12 months over 12 months, marking an enormous increase for the general tourism sector. This additionally reveals that the island is poised to obtain extra airlift boosts all year long.
Notably, the Airports Convention of the People brings to Nassau an anticipated 100 airport in addition to aviation executives from throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and the USA for a 4-day discussion board. The occasion offers an ideal platform to debate important matters impacting worldwide aviation within the Caribbean area.
