The Jamaica tourism ministry is projecting a sharp increase in visitors from China this year following the removal of the major stumbling blocks.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says getting flights from China to Jamaica was the main problem restricting the number of Chinese visitors to the island.
However, recent discussions involving officials of four carriers – Air China, China Southern, North West Airline and Air Jamaica – have resulted in agreements which should make it easier for the Chinese to get to the island.
In addition, an agreement for direct flights between China and Jamaica should be in place by the end of this year.
Bartlett has been in China since Sunday trying to settle the problem of airlift.
In an interview from China, the tourism minister said air service agreements are to be signed shortly, which could see Air China and China Southern taking passengers to the United States, where they will be placed on North West Airline flights to Jamaica.
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