St. Vincent & the Grenadines welcomed the cruise ship MV Britannia to Port Kingstown yesterday.
The first vessel of the 2022 cruise season brought approximately 3,647 passengers to the island.
On Tuesday, Tourism Minister Carlos James said St. Vincent & the Grenadines anticipates approximately 305 booked cruise visits, which should bring some 326,000 passengers.
Mr James noted that this is well over a quarter million passengers this year and a record in terms of our number of passenger arrivals for cruises in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
He said it represents a 29% increase in cruise calls from pre-pandemic numbers, or benchmark year 2018.