| Jamaica projects that visitor arrivals will total close to 1.4 million in 2021, according to minister of tourism Edmund Bartlett. "This breaks down to approximately 900,000 stayover arrivals and 500,000 cruise passengers," he said. By way of comparison, Jamaica welcomed 4.3 million visitors in 2019, a record year, comprising 2.7 million stayovers and 1.6 million cruise passengers, according to the Jamaica Information Service. The destination has rolled out a vaccination program for its 170,000 workers in the tourism and hospitality sectors "to protect not only our citizens but also those who visit," Bartlett said. The minister is hopeful that by this summer, more than 50% of those workers will be fully vaccinated. To date, 6,000 have gotten the first dose.