Ziwerengero zaposachedwa zikuwonetsa kuti Saint Lucia waposa zolemba zonse zam'mbuyomu zokhudzana ndi obwera kumene. Kwa nthawi kuyambira Januware mpaka Disembala 2019, Saint Lucia adalemba alendo okwana 423,736; lalitali kwambiri m'mbiri ya chilumbachi.
Chaka chino ndikuwonetsa nthawi yoyamba kuti malowa akuphwanya chizindikiro cha 400,000 pakubwera kwakanthawi mchaka chimodzi. Uku ndikupambana kwakukulu, chifukwa kukuwonetsa kuti komwe akupitako kunalandila alendo owonjezera 100,000 m'zaka zisanu ndi zinayi - kuwonjezeka kwa 38%.
Kukula kwakukulu kumachitika chifukwa chakuchulukanso kwa ndege kuchokera kumsika waku US, zomwe chaka chino, zakhala pafupifupi theka (45%) laomwe amakhala - obwera pafupifupi 191,000. Pulogalamu ya Caribbean idakhala msika wachiwiri pachilumbachi womwe umati 20% yaomwe amakhala, akutsatiridwa kwambiri ndi msika waku UK wokhala ndi 19% ndipo Canada ndi 10%. Pafupifupi, obwera kumene amakhala anali 7% kuchokera chaka chatha, chomwe mwa icho, chinali chaka chosweka.
Kuwonjezeka kwa ofikiraku kudapindulitsa kwambiri makampani azokopa alendo, ndikuwonjezera kuti, chuma chonse cha Saint Lucia chifukwa zidapangitsa kuti pakhale masiku ogona, kutanthauza kuti anthu ambiri amakhala m'malo olipidwa, amafuna ma taxi komanso amasangalala ndi malo achilengedwe, zokopa ndi zakudya zomwe chilumbachi chimapereka ndipo potero, zidapanga mwayi wambiri pantchito kwa anthu akumaloko.
Poyankha za kukula komwe sikunachitikepo, Nduna Yowona Zokopa Mdziko Hon. Dominic Fedee adati, "Sitikungofuna kuwonjezera kuchuluka koma koposa zonse kuwonetsetsa kuti ntchito zikukula mosasunthika komanso kuti zimakhudza gawo lililonse lachitukuko cha zachuma chomwe chimabweretsa ntchito ndi kupeza ndalama kwa anthu athu. Malipoti akunja akuwonetsanso kuti ngakhale Saint Lucia ili ndi imodzi mwamawerengero apamwamba kwambiri a Daily Rates (ADR) m'chigawochi, tikupitilizabe kufunidwa kwambiri, zomwe zimangopatsa mwayi phindu la komwe tikupita. "
Anapitilizabe, "Tikunyadira kwambiri izi chifukwa zikuwonekeratu kuti ndi chifukwa cha utsogoleri wamphamvu pamakampani, kuphatikiza malingaliro ndi mapulogalamu olingalira bwino, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ntchito zikwizikwi za a Saint Lucians atha kukhala patsogolo Makampani ochereza alendo kapena mwanjira zina kudzera m'mafakitole ena. Kupitilira malo 400,000 omwe amafika alendo ndi njira yoyenera kutsimikizira kuti chilumbachi chakhala chikuyimira chaka cha 40 cha Ufulu Wodzilamulira. ”
Nthawi yoyamba yomwe dzikolo lidaposa 300,000 lidachitika mu 2010 pomwe chilumbachi chidalemba anthu 305,937 kuposa omwe afikako.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Kuwonjezeka kwa ofikiraku kudapindulitsa kwambiri makampani azokopa alendo, ndikuwonjezera kuti, chuma chonse cha Saint Lucia chifukwa zidapangitsa kuti pakhale masiku ogona, kutanthauza kuti anthu ambiri amakhala m'malo olipidwa, amafuna ma taxi komanso amasangalala ndi malo achilengedwe, zokopa ndi zakudya zomwe chilumbachi chimapereka ndipo potero, zidapanga mwayi wambiri pantchito kwa anthu akumaloko.
- He continued, “We are extremely proud of this achievement as it clearly is the result of strong industry leadership, coupled with well thought out and targeted marketing policies and programs, that result in employment generation for thousands of Saint Lucians either on the front lines of the hospitality industry or indirectly via related industries.
- External reports also indicate that although Saint Lucia has one of the highest Average Daily Rates (ADR) in the region, we continue to be in high demand, which only augurs well for the revenue generation capability of the destination.
