With 18 private jets flying into Montego Bay last Monday alone, Jamaica continues to build on its growing allure as a high-end destination, according Senior Advisor and Strategist in the Ministry of Tourism, Delano Seiveright.

From luxurious villas to renowned hotels to rustic lodgings, Jamaica is hosting Hollywood stars, celebrated entertainers, TV personalities, at least one former prominent world leader, other high-ranking politicians from the US and other nations, and some global business tycoons, he said in a release on Saturday.

Seiveright declined to disclose specific names for confidentiality reasons. However, British actor Idris Elba and American rapper Young Miami are among the celebrities who have shared highlights of their vacation on the island on social media.

Tourism Minister, Edmund Bartlett, noted that Jamaica’s tourism story is one of “remarkable resilience and triumph.”

Hollywood Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and her husband Actor Michael Douglas at Round Hill Villas and Resort last year.

“From the unprecedented challenge of the pandemic, when our industry ground to a complete halt, we’ve orchestrated one of the most extraordinary recoveries in global tourism history”, he said in the release.

This year’s celebrity influx follows a stellar lineup of A-listers who chose Jamaica recently.

Visitors over the last year and a half included rap star 2Chainz, actress Angelina Jolie, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Maryland Governor Wes Moore, and Hollywood legends Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Amos, and Tracee Ellis Ross.

Nigerian international music sensation, Burna Boy (2nd right), is presented with a bag containing Jamaican souvenirs by Delano Seiveright, Senior Advisor/Strategist, Jamaica’s Ministry of Tourism and Regional Director of Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Odette Dyer (left) at the Private Jet Centre at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica last Christmas before his departure to Lagos. Sharing the occasion is Burna Boy’s mother Bose Ogulu in December 2022.

Adding to the roster, Nigerian Afrobeat sensation Burna Boy and American music icons Dua Lipa, Cardi B, Offset, Rick Ross, Omarion, and Chance the Rapper also joined the ranks of those who have embraced Jamaica as their preferred vacation spot.