Antigua Cruise Port Records A Successful Winter Season And Projects An Over 100% Growth In Summer Traffic
Over half a million cruise passengers visited Antigua during the winter season 2022/2023, an excellent performance for the industry which continues to rebound.
Most cruise passengers arrived between January and March 2023. Over three hundred and thirty- two thousand visited the island during that period with over one hundred thousand arrivals each month.
Homeporting played a considerable role in increasing passenger numbers for the first quarter of the year, underscoring the importance of the operation to the local cruise tourism sector.
P & O Cruises’ Arvia made four partial turnaround calls during this time while luxury yacht Star Clipper conducted two full homeporting operations. ACP Operations Manager for Pier Services, Rawle Reynolds said, “We had at times over 800 people flying into the country to start their cruise in Antigua. The team at Antigua Cruise Port played a significant role in facilitating this operation.”
“Antigua checks many boxes as a homeport and this season is certainly a testament to this fact. Not only is the destination strategically located but has excellent airlift from both the United States and Europe.
Our investment in the fifth berth provides us with added capacity to efficiently facilitate multiple cruise ships and related services both for vessels homeporting or on a transit call” added ACP General Manager, Dona Regis-Prosper.
She said, “We are pleased with our performance this winter season as we continue to successfully rebound after the effects of COVID-19. We look forward to a record summer season and the upcoming winter season 2023/2024.
Norwegian Sky will make multiple visits to the cruise port between May and August. Meanwhile, Disney Magic will visit in May and Disney Fantasy will call in July.
The nineteen summer calls more than double last year’s figures, indicating major growth in the country’s cruise industry.
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Oh wow economic growth to put in the paper again for the hundredth time
Wooowwwwww!!!!
And guess what!!!
Gaston go still say THE COUNTRY HA NO MONEY IN YA NEN NEN!!!
Good to hear. Now get the filthy Capital of St. John’s cleaned up so that the passengers will at least spend some money.
Sometimes I wonder where the brains of our people is. They just cannot comprehend the difference between economic growth and money in the Treasury. Let me try this little exercise.
If you work for HADEED MOTORS and they sell more cars. Do the employees automatically also get more money in their paycheck? One would love to. But that is not how it works. When the economy grows therefore it means more people are doing more business. Or we are fortunate to be getting more Foreign Direct Investment into the country. That doesn’t necessarily translate into more money for everyone. But it could be more jobs available and better business for some shops or service providers. If you have a business that is well positioned to always benefit from the growth in the economy that you are blessed. But when there is a downturn, you will also feel the squeeze. Then you have some businesses that are recession proof. They do well no matter what. So, i hope this little example has taught you something about the relationship between economic growth and the cash available in the treasury. The government has only a few ways to make money: Taxes (Direct and Indirect), Levies, and now the Sale of Passports. CIP. Non-Tax revenue. Also, through the sale of Lands. Collecting taxes is the most difficult thing. As people never really want to pay taxes.
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