Montego Bay, Jamaica. Foto: luckyphotographer/123rf

Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has welcomed the return of the cruise sector to the Caribbean destination.

The minister said the arrival of Carnival Glory at Montego Bay Cruise Port would allow the island to “cross a major threshold in its tourism recovery”.

The conquest-class cruise ship has a maximum capacity of 2,980 passengers and 1,150 crew members.