SVG Easter activities on the rebound for 2023
SVG Easter activities on the rebound for 2023
The Ministry of Tourism in St Vincent and the Grenadines is ramping up its campaign to bring more visitors to the Caribbean Islands.
According to a statement from the Agency for Public Information (API), earlier this week, Minister of Tourism Carlos James, who discussed details for Easter, said so far yacht arrivals are up by 84 per cent for January over the previous year.
The Minister said: “We’re moving numbers from January alone of 2022 with just over 4,000 to over 7,000 yachts in that one month of 2023, which is showing we’re just at the peak of moving out of the COVID downturn in terms of our numbers where tourism numbers are concerned and yachting is leading the charge.”
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James said statistics show positive trends in visitor arrivals to the destination via yachts and the recently introduced daily service to the Argyle International Airport (AIA) out of Miami International Airport (MIA) by American Airlines. The Minister pointed out that there is still room for improvement as the current numbers are below those set in 2019 by 11 per cent.
The tourism minister said in terms of visitor arrivals by air, figures indicate steady inbound and outbound traffic with the newly introduced daily service to AIA from MIA with American Airlines. James said that since its inception on March 1, 2023, both inbound and outbound capacity are averaging at just under 80 per cent and 74 per cent respectively.
Minister James also announced that there will be increased flights for the Summer ahead of the 2023 staging of Vincy Mas, noting that Caribbean Airlines will be adding an additional weekly flight to AIA from the John F Kennedy Airport in New York, which is expected to commence from July 1, 2023.
Locally, in the coming weeks, a number of events will take place in the Grenadine Islands of Bequia and Union Island to mark Easter celebrations.
Traditionally these Islands have led with both onshore and offshore activities, particularly the Bequia Easter Regatta and the Union Island Easterval Celebrations.
