O le Saint Lucia na ia faʻamaumauina lana faʻatinoga sili ona lelei i tagata tafafao mai, talu ai na ia taliaina le 1,218,294 tagata asiasi i le 2018. O lena fuainumera e faʻatusatusa i le 10.2% faʻaopoopoga i luga atu o le 2017, ma o se tausaga faʻamaumau foi mo le motu.
O fuainumera o pisinisi ua i luga atu o le laupapa ua taitaiina e le vaega o vaa, faatasi ai ma se siitaga e 25.9% nai lo le tausaga talu ai. Faʻasolosolo ala i luga e 13.6%; ma nofo-i luga taunuu atu ua siitia i le 2.2%.
Ituaiga o Tagata Asiasi ITD Tes 2016 YTD Tes 2017 YTD Tes 2018 Suiga Moni Pasene Suiga
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%
I se fonotaga o tala fou e faalauiloa ai tala fou, o le Minisita o Tagata Tafafao, le afioga Dominic Fedee, na ia faamamafaina nisi o laasaga ua faia e toefaatu ai le tulaga o turisi a Saint Lucia e tauva ai i nofoaga autu o le lalolagi.
"E i ai la matou laititi laititi paketi faʻatau maketi - tusa US $ 13 miliona - o lea e tatau ona tatou mautinoa o a tatou taumafaiga ua taulaʻi i ai," Hon. Fai mai Fedee. "Matou te faʻaaogaina se auala faʻasaienisi e filifili ai itu e mafai ona matou oʻo ai i le tele o tagata asiasi mai ma le aoga maualuga i a matou tauvaga faʻatau. Mo matou, o nei eria e, tele lava, i le itu i matu sasaʻe o Amerika (o le Tri-setete ma Boston), o le itu i saute-sasaʻe o UK itulagi o Lonetona ma ona laufanua lata ane ma le Greater Toronto eria i Kanata.
O loʻo faʻaauau pea le faʻamaumauina o numera tetele a le motu i ana maketi tetele gafa o le Iunaite Setete ma Peretania, i le faʻatuputupulaia o le 4.1% ma le 4.9% i lea faʻatulagaina. O tagata na taunuʻu mai mai Kanata na feosofi laʻititi (5.6%) ona o se vaega o le leai o se tautua mai le Transat Tours ma le faʻaititia o taimi o WestJet.
O le Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) na taulaʻi atu foi i le maketi a Martinique, o le sili ona maualuga fua i le Caribbean, ma faalauiloa "Caribbean" i le taumafanafana o le 2018 o se tulaga mo tagata malaga Caribbean, o latou fuainumera na tuputupu ae i le 1.6% nai lo 2017.
Ituaiga o Tagata Asiasi ITD Tes 2016 YTD Tes 2017 YTD Tes 2018 Suiga Moni Pasene Suiga
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%
O se faamaumauga, e 760,306 pasese folau na asia le motu i le vaitaimi o le faatelega o Berth # 1 i Pointe Seraphine, na mafai ai e Port Castries ona ofi vaa o le Vista, Quantum ma le Freedom Class.
Foliga faʻatulaga mo le 2019 foliga lelei, ma British Airways saoasaoa i le 17% ma Virgin Aso Malolo i le 27.9% i luga o le 2018. Condor ua amataina se va-vaʻalele maliega ma LIAT i le tautua mai Frankfurt, Siamani i Antigua ma luga o Saint Lucia mai Ianuari 7 - Mati 31 , 2019 ma le tele o isi kamupani vaʻalele tetele ua faʻalauteleina le latou tautua i le taunuʻuga.
O le SLTA o loʻo faʻaosoosoina mo le faʻateleina o le tuputupu aʻe i le 2019, ma o le a faʻaauau pea ma ana osofaʻiga, faʻatauga faʻatau maketi e faʻatosina atili ai tagata asiasi i le taunuʻuga.
OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:
- 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.
