Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Saint Lucia i kāna hana maikaʻi loa ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā malihini kipa, no ka mea ua hoʻokipa ʻia 1,218,294 mau malihini kipa i ka makahiki ma hope o ka helu he 2018% ma luna o 10.2, a he makahiki hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo nō hoʻi ia no ka mokupuni.
Aia nā kiʻi ʻoihana ma luna o ka papa i alakaʻi ʻia e ka lālā yachting me kahi hoʻonui 25.9% ma mua o nā helu o ka makahiki i hala. Piʻi ʻia ka holoholo e 13.6%; a ua hoʻonui ʻia nā hōʻea noho-ma o 2.2%.
Ke ʻano o ka mea kipa YTD Dec 2016 YTD Dec 2017 YTD Dec 2018 Hoʻololi maoli i ka hoʻololi pākēneka
Cruise 587,749 669,217 760,306 91,089 13.6%
Yacht 56,268 50,197 63,596 13,399 26.7%
Stay-Over 347,872 386,127 394,780 8,653 2.2%
Total 991,889 1,105,541 1,218,682 113,141 10.2%
Ma kahi ʻaha kūkā nūhou e hoʻolaha ai i nā mea hou loa, ua hoʻokalakupua ke Kuhina Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi, Mea Hanohano Dominic Fedee i kekahi o nā kaʻina i lawe ʻia e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka huahana huakaʻi a Saint Lucia e hoʻokūkū ai i waena o nā wahi nui o ka honua.
"Loaʻa iā mākou kahi waihona kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi liʻiliʻi loa - ma kahi o US $ 13 miliona - no laila pono mākou e hōʻoia e kau ʻia kā mākou mau hana," ʻo Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Fedee. "Hoʻohana mākou i kahi ʻepekema e koho i nā wahi kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke kiʻi aku i nā mea kipa he nui loa me ka waiwai nui loa i kā mākou papa kūʻai kūʻai. No mākou, ʻo kēia mau wahi, ʻo ka hapa nui, ma ka ʻĀkau hikina o ʻAmelika (ʻo Tri-state a me Boston), ka ʻaoʻao hema o UK ma Lākana a me nā wahi e pili ana a me ka ʻaoʻao ʻo Greater Toronto ma Kanada.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka mokupuni i nā helu ikaika i kāna mākeke hana nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me UK, e ʻike nei i ka ulu ʻana o 4.1% a me 4.9% pākahi. Ua kūlou iki ʻo Stayover mai Kanada mai (5.6%) ma muli o ka hapa o ka lawelawe mai Transat Tours a me ka hōʻemi pinepine ʻana o nā mokulele o WestJet.
Ua kālele pū ʻia ka Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) ma ka mākeke ʻo Martinique, ʻo ia ka hua kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka Caribbean, a ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo "Caribbeancation" i ke kauwela o 2018 ma ke ʻano he papahana no nā huakaʻi Caribbean, nona ka helu i hoʻonui ʻia e 1.6% ma mua o 2017.
Ke ʻano o ka mea kipa YTD Dec 2016 YTD Dec 2017 YTD Dec 2018 Hoʻololi maoli i ka hoʻololi pākēneka
USA 157,576 168,223 175,073 6,850 4.1%
UK 64,514 72,580 76,142 3,562 4.9%
Canada 37,772 42,578 40,213 (2,365) -5.6%
France 4,440 7,012 8,224 1,212 17.3%
Germany 2,272 2,848 2,132 (716) -25.1%
Martinique 27,654 30,302 28,805 (1,497) -4.9%
Trinidad 14,945 16,923 17,124 201 1.2%
Barbados 6,504 7,862 8,255 393 5%
Other 32,195 37,799 38,812 1,013 3%
Total 347,872 386,127 394,780 8,653 2.2%
He kipa, 760,306 ka huakaʻi holo kai i kipa aku i ka mokupuni i ka wā o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o Berth # 1 ma Pointe Seraphine, i ʻae ʻia nā Port Castries e hoʻokipa i nā moku Vista, Quantum a me Freedom Class.
Nānā maikaʻi nā wānana no 2019, me nā British Airways e holoholo ana ma 17% a me nā lā wahine puʻupaʻa ma 27.9% ma luna o 2018. Hoʻomaka ʻo Condor i kahi ʻaelike mokulele mokulele me LIAT ma ka lawelawe mai Frankfurt, Kelemānia a hiki i Antigua a ma Saint Lucia mai Ianuali 7 - Malaki 31 , ʻO 2019 a me kekahi mau mokulele nui ʻē aʻe i hoʻonui i kā lākou lawelawe i kahi e hiki aku ai.
Ke kuhi nei ka SLTA no ka ulu ulu nui ʻana ma 2019, a e hoʻomau me kāna mau hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū e hoʻohihi hou aku i nā malihini kipa i kahi e hele ai.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) also focused on the Martinique market, which is the highest yielding in the Caribbean, and launched “Caribcation” in the summer of 2018 as a platform for Caribbean travelers, whose numbers grew by 1.
- Condor has started an inter-airline agreement with LIAT on service from Frankfurt, Germany to Antigua and onto Saint Lucia from January 7 – March 31, 2019 and a number of other major airlines have expanded their service to the destination.
- At a news conference to announce the latest figures, Tourism Minister, Honorable Dominic Fedee highlighted some of the steps that have been taken to reposition Saint Lucia's tourism product to compete among the leading destinations in the world.
