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The NMIA in Kingston is in need of some serious upgrades. I was shocked and disappointed to learn that the Kingston airport saw so little international traffic.
Like most Jamaicans who wish this country well, we winced on seeing the videos showing passenger gridlock inside the immigration hall at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay a few weeks ago.
Travellers, we are told, suffered wait times of up to three hours to clear the airport. That was not a good look for Jamaica. Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of the travel industry will tell you that airports provide travellers with the first and last impressions of a destination.
A bad airport experience will not only infuriate local travellers, it can upend all the efforts made by travel agents, tour operators, hoteliers, operators of villas and attractions, and other tourism industry players to woo visitors to this wonderful country. And if visitors, in particular, start sharing that bad experience by word of mouth or — as was the case a few weeks ago — via social media, it makes it more difficult to promote Jamaica as a destination worth visiting.
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/edit...onomic-growth/
Like most Jamaicans who wish this country well, we winced on seeing the videos showing passenger gridlock inside the immigration hall at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay a few weeks ago.
Travellers, we are told, suffered wait times of up to three hours to clear the airport. That was not a good look for Jamaica. Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of the travel industry will tell you that airports provide travellers with the first and last impressions of a destination.
A bad airport experience will not only infuriate local travellers, it can upend all the efforts made by travel agents, tour operators, hoteliers, operators of villas and attractions, and other tourism industry players to woo visitors to this wonderful country. And if visitors, in particular, start sharing that bad experience by word of mouth or — as was the case a few weeks ago — via social media, it makes it more difficult to promote Jamaica as a destination worth visiting.
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/edit...onomic-growth/
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015