Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Port St. Maarten i ka huina o 1,597,101 mau mea holo moku ma 489 mau kelepona holo moana ma 2018, e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana o 29% o ka poʻe malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ua ʻike ʻia ke awa holo moku i hoʻonui ʻia he 30.3% mai Mei a Iulai, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka lohi o ka huakaʻi huakaʻi i ka mokupuni.
ʻO St. ʻO ke awa holo moku ʻo Maarten kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa ma ka Caribbean. ʻAʻole hōʻike wale kēia mau helu hōʻea i kēlā ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā e hōʻike ana i ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka mokupuni," wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi o St. Maarten Ms. May-Ling Chun.
ʻO ka hapa hope o 2018 i lawe mai i ka hoʻi ʻana i nā helu hōʻea holo moana mua o Irma. Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Port St. Maarten i ka poʻe 646,431 mai Kepakemapa a Dekemaba, e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi ʻana o 17.87% o ka hōʻea ʻana mai ka manawa like ma 2016, he makahiki piha ma mua o ka Hurricane Irma.
ʻO St. ʻO Maarten ma ke ʻano he huahana mākaʻikaʻi ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hoʻi hou mai ka ikaika a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka wā ma mua, "wahi a Stuart Johnson, ke Kuhina Hoʻokele o St. "Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā poʻe holo moku i ko mākou kahakai me ka mahanahana a me ka hoʻokipa maʻamau o St. Maarten i ka makahiki 2019."
ʻOiai ʻo 2017–2018 mau makahiki e hōʻike ana i kahi ala maikaʻi o ka holomua ʻana no Port St. Maarten, ʻoi aku ka lohi o ka makahiki 2017 no ke awa no ka mea ʻaʻole i hana ʻia no nā mahina o ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa.
