Nevis braces for record tourist arrivals

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

CHARLESTOWN, Nevis: Nevis is on the threshold of recording 40,000 tourist arrivals for the 2003/2004-tourist season, the highest since 1994, when 34,000 tourist arrivals were recorded.

According to the Deputy Premier and Minister of Tourism in the Nevis Island Administration, Mr Malcolm Guishard, the number of cruise ships calling in Nevis has also increased, saying that "by the end of this season we will have passed 100 cruise ships coming to our shores and again our previous best was 73 ships some years ago."

"This tourism season has been a very good one for us," commented Minister Guishard. "We have witnessed an increase in tourist arrivals to our island and we are looking this to a number somewhere in excess of 40,000 arrivals on our shores, and I think that we are very close to that already. The previous best was in 1994, when we had 34,000 visitors to our shores." 

He estimated that if all went well, the island should expect to have a bumper 2004/2005 season. "So, tourism has begun to pick up in Nevis," said Mr Guishard. "All the efforts which we have put in it, resources, financial and otherwise, are bearing fruit and I want to take this opportunity to encourage both citizens and residents to continue to look seriously at tourism on Nevis."

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