Government hits back at Opposition over falling visitor arrivals, high airfares
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September 2, 2026
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The Government has hit back at the Opposition following its call for measures to address the reduction in visitor arrivals and high airfares.
Yesterday Opposition Spokesperson on Tourism and Linkages, Andrea Purkiss, urged Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett to detail plans to stem the decline in visitor arrivals as well as the soaring cost of air travel to Jamaica.
But on Tuesday, Transport Minister Daryl Vaz used his social media platform on X to accuse the opposition of misleading data use by comparing 2026 to 2024 “to interpret the data and exclude external shocks”.
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