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Saint Lucia Just Set a New Record for American Visitors

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - September 5, 2021 - 2:44 pm

Saint Lucia just set a new record for American visitors in July, Caribbean Journal has learned. 

The Eastern Caribbean island welcomed 22,028 arrivals in July, an all-time record for visitor arrivals from the United States in July. 

That represented a increase of 16 visitors over the same period in 2019, before the onset of the pandemic.

 

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Stonefield Villa Resort in Saint Lucia.

“The remainder of the summer is projecting nicely,” the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority said in a statement. 

The surge in US arrivals mirrored the wider Caribbean trend, where many destinations saw all-time summer records amid a boom in summer travel. 

The July numbers included a strong improvement from the United Kingdom, which accounted for 10 percent of overall arrivals for the same period. 

— CJ

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