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Dec 20, 02, 9:28 pm
KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) -- Jamaican tourism officials are predicting visitor numbers will bounce back this winter, despite rising crime and after suffering from a travel downturn caused by the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Tourism is the leading foreign exchange earner for the Caribbean island of 2.7 million people, bringing in more than $1.3 billion last year. But crime -- there were 1,139 murders in 2001 and 1,005 so far this year -- has turned off many would-be visitors, some in the industry have said.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/12/20/jamaica.tourism.reut/index.html
Tourism is the leading foreign exchange earner for the Caribbean island of 2.7 million people, bringing in more than $1.3 billion last year. But crime -- there were 1,139 murders in 2001 and 1,005 so far this year -- has turned off many would-be visitors, some in the industry have said.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/12/20/jamaica.tourism.reut/index.html