The primary cruise ship arrived into Saint Lucia because the Covid-19 pandemic earlier, greeted with celebrations and fanfare.
Superstar Millennium arrived at Pointe Seraphine at 7:40 with 414 passengers, to the sounds of metal pan music and a masquerade depicting a mini carnival.
Prime minister, Allen Chastanet, tourism minister, Dominic Fedee, and captain Theodoros Zakkas of Superstar Millennium exchanged plaques commemorating the resumption of cruise providers to the island.
Three Saint Lucian nationals employed with Superstar Millennium expressed the enjoyment of being again residence and again at their cruise ship jobs.
“The resumption of cruise service is trigger for celebration and illustrates our large partnership with the cruise business.
“Welcoming the primary cruise ship to Port Castries in the summertime speaks volumes for our trajectory,” mentioned Fedee.
Fortunate passengers have been shocked on arrival with items together with branded Saint Lucia keepsakes.
Lodging suppliers together with Cap Maison, Bay Gardens Resorts, Coco Palm, Fond Doux and Justin Residences gifted passengers with return keep packages.
The cruise friends have been met with a full complement of well being protocols, carried out in a newly erected facility on the Pointe Seraphine complicated.
Absolutely vaccinated adults have been issued white wristbands and invited to take pleasure in expanded entry to the island as a part of Saint Lucia’s current protocol replace.
On the financial entrance, 8,386 people in Saint Lucia have been re-employed throughout the tourism and cruise sector together with 1,500 taxi drivers and 135 tour guides.
Some 115 distributors have been able to welcome cruise guests.
