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Jamaica tops a million visitors in first quarter after Hurricane Melissa

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KINGSTON, Jamaica, Apr 11, CMC — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has declared Jamaica’s recovery “resilience in action” after revealing that the island welcomed over one million visitor arrivals and generated US$956 million in foreign exchange earnings in the first quarter of 2026, just five months after the disruption caused by Hurricane Melissa.

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