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The 2022 Cruise season is set for a record-breaking comeback. With approximately 326,000 cruise ship visitor arrivals expected for this 2022-23 tourist season from a total 305 scheduled calls to the destination, stakeholders within the tourism sector can anticipate a much-needed resurgence to their income streams.

The announcement was made by Hon. Carlos James, Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture during a press briefing held on 31st October, 2022 at the CDC conference room.

In addition to this welcomed announcement, Minister James said that an impressive 12 (twelve) inaugural calls will be made by top named cruise lines within the industry for this season.

The Minister went on to note that “despite these numbers we could have even had a lot more calls to the destination, one of the challenges we have is the limitations at our cruise terminal, we’re unable to dock 3 and 4 vessels per day.”

To this end, Minister James added that he is quite pleased that the construction at the new Cargo Terminal has started which is going to free up a lot of space to facilitate the expansion of the current cruise terminal and therefore bolster the numbers further when completed.

The 2022 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cruise Season commences annually on 1st November, and this year will welcome its first scheduled call on Tuesday, 2nd November and its second call on Thursday, 3rd November when the majestic Britannia of Piano Cruises returns.

SOURCE: Agency for Public Information