2020 Annual Economic and Financial Review

2020 Annual Economic and Financial Review

STATISTICAL TABLES

Table 42 Saint Lucia - Selected TourismStatistics

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020ᴾ

1,004,044 1,114,756 1,228,718 1,286,004 455,151

Total Visitor Arrivals

347,872 386,127 394,780 423,736 130,695 157,576 168,223 175,073 191,719 67,888 37,772 42,578 40,213 40,872 15,272 64,514 72,580 76,142 81,007 27,778 67,226 76,349 77,548 83,493 12,567

Stay Over Arrivals

USA

Canada

UK

Caribbean

Other Countries

20,784 26,397 25,804 26,645

7,190

12,483

9,215 10,036

8,979

3,956

Excursionists

587,421 669,217 760,306 786,743 297,885

Cruise Ship Passenger

56,268 50,197 63,596 66,546 22,615

Yacht Passengers

381

423

370

372

174

Number of Cruise Ships

Total Visitor Expenditure (EC$M) 1/

1,981.57

2,261.02

2,431.47

2,696.15

858.25

1/ Visitor Expenditure includes only the expenditure of stay-over visitors and cruise ship passengers Source: Saint Lucia Tourist Board and Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Data as at 10 February 2021

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