Low visitor traffic from Ebola-hit countries to Jamaica


Friday, October 31, 2014    
People walk through an area occupied by Liberian refugees stranded due to the West African Ebola outbreak in the camp area situated on the outskirts of the city of Accra, Ghana. Hundreds of Liberians are stranded in Ghana, separated from their families because of poverty, fear and logistics.
VISITOR traffic from Ebola-hit West African countries to Jamaica has been relatively low, with 66 persons coming from Sierra Leone; 65 from Liberia and 11 from Guinea, so far this year, for a total of 142. Countries, including Jamaica, have been on high alert for visitors from those West African nations, as fears of the deadly Ebola virus spread across the globe. Of the three countries, Sierra Leone has the largest number of visitors to Jamaica - 279 - in the past four years, broken down as fo ... More
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