Ua ʻike ka hana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo 2017 iā Saint Lucia i ka haki ʻana i nā moʻolelo āpau me ka nui o nā malihini kipa e piʻi ana i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 1,105,541. Ua hoʻopaʻa pū ka mokupuni i ka ulu kiʻekiʻe loa ma 2017 ma waena o nā ʻāina lālā o ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), e hoʻopaʻa inoa ana i ka piʻi 11%.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo 2017 e ka ulu mau ʻana o ka ʻoihana, me ka hōʻea ʻana o ka noho ma 386,127 a me ka ʻoihana holo moku e hoʻopaʻa nei i ka piʻi 14%, a hiki i 669,217, he 81,264 mau malihini kipa ʻoiai ʻo ka pani ʻana o 8 mau mahina o ka Pointe Seraphine Berth 1.
Ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana e pili ana i nā helu, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina o ka ʻIke ʻIke a me ka Broadcasting Dominic Fedee: "Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i mea koʻikoʻi a koʻikoʻi o ka ʻoihana Saint Lucian. Hauʻoli mākou i nā pae o ka ulu ʻana i ʻike ʻia a ke hoʻomau nei mākou i kā mākou mau hana kūʻai aku, ke nānā pū nei mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hopena o ka mākaʻikaʻi i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai ".
Ua hana ikaika ʻo Saint Lucia Tourism Authority me ka CTO a me nā hoa kālepa no ka lanakila ʻana i nā pilikia kūwaho i kū ʻia e Hurricanes Irma lāua ʻo Maria, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i nā mākeke āpau i palekana a loaʻa no ka huakaʻi.
I ka pau ʻana o 2017, The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) in Travel Trends Report for 2018, ʻo ka palapala koʻikoʻi i hoʻopuka ʻia ma ka ʻoihana huakaʻi UK i koho ʻia ʻo Saint Lucia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi kiʻekiʻe 12 no 2018.
