Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Saint Lucia i ka 2018 World's Leading Honeymoon Destination. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka mokupuni i ka hanohano ma ka World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final 2018 porgram ma Lisbon, Pokukala i ka Pōʻaono, Dekemaba 1, 2018. Ua loaʻa ka luna o ka Saint Lucia Tourism Authority, ʻo Mr. Nicholas John, ka makana ma ka inoa o ka mokupuni. .
Ua koho ʻia ka huakaʻi ma waena o nā wahi wela o ka Honeymoon a puni ka honua, me Cartagena de Indias, Kolombia; Iāmeka; ka Maladiwa; Maui, Hawaii, USA; Mauritiusa; Miami Beach, Florida, USA; a me ka Paris, France. ʻO kēia ka ʻumi o ka World's Leading Honeymoon Destination Award, akā ʻo kona inoa mua wale nō mai ka makahiki 2010.
ʻAʻohe wahi ʻē aʻe i lanakila i ka inoa i makemake nui ʻia e like me nā manawa he nui - ʻo ka hoʻokūkū kokoke loa o Saint Lucia ʻo Mauritius, ua lanakila ʻehā manawa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Nui o ka SLTA, ʻo Mrs. Tiffany Howard, "Ua hoʻokomo kēia makana iā Saint Lucia i kahi papa ponoʻī ma kahi o nā Honeymoons a me Romance. He hanohano nui ke kapa ʻia ʻana ma waena o nā wahi kupanaha loa o ka honua, akā ʻo ka lanakila ʻana iā lākou a pau e lanakila i kēia poʻo inoa he mea hauʻoli loa ia.
No ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka makana, ua wehe ʻo Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) i kahi papa hoʻolaha nui ma waho o ka Hewanorra International Airport ma ka lā Lāpule, Dekemaba 2, 2018 e hoʻolaha ana i kāna poʻo inoa hou loa a e hōʻike ana i kekahi mau ʻano o ka mokupuni i lanakila i kona hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi honeymoon alakaʻi. .
Ma ka lā 23 o Kepakemapa o kēia makahiki, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Saint Lucia ka WTA Caribbean's Leading Honeymoon Destination nāna i hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka mokupuni no ka inoa honua.
ʻO ka World Travel Awards ™ ka papahana hanohano a ʻimi ʻia ma ka ʻoihana huakaʻi honua. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1993 e hoʻomaopopo, uku a hoʻolauleʻa i ka maikaʻi ma nā ʻāpana āpau o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, e hōʻailona ana i ka 2018 ʻo 25.th lā makahiki o ka papahana World Travel Awards.
