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One recovery. Two different paths.

Follow arrivals and published paid nights through the pandemic and recovery.

2019–2025 · Published 24 October 2026

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One recovery. Two different paths. Both measures fell sharply in 2020. Arrivals later passed their pre-pandemic level, while the published paid-night series remained below it.
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Seven years. Two paths.

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2025Preliminary
Tourism recovery, 2019 to 2025Arrivals and published paid nights fell in 2020. By 2025 arrivals reached an index of 100.7, while paid nights reached 86.4. The original values and source are in the table below.0255075100125INDEX · 2019 = 1002019202020212022202320242025Arrivals100.7 in 2025Paid nights86.4 in 2025
Stay-over arrivals426,676Index 100.7
Published paid nights2.41 millionIndex 86.4

Source: Economic and Social Review 2025, Appendix Table 5. Paid nights are rounded and reflect published accommodation coverage. They are not all visitor nights. See the data and method ↓

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The lines use a common starting point: 2019 equals 100. This compares changes over time, not the absolute number of visitors with the number of nights.

Annual figures from one publication vintage. Nights are rounded and reflect published accommodation coverage; they do not measure every visitor night. 2025 is preliminary.

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Sources & method.

Government of Saint Lucia, Economic and Social Review 2025, Appendix Table 2 (printed p.101) and Table 5 (printed p.104). Calculations by SLPA.

Annual source values. Production is gross value added in accommodation and food services.
YearStay-over arrivalsPaid nights
(millions)
Real production
(EC$m, 2018 prices)
2019423,7362.791,160.6
2020130,7811.04408.3
2021199,3471.60640.9
2022356,2372.571,075.0
2023380,7912.441,209.8
2024435,6592.581,339.6
2025426,6762.411,273.7

Index = year’s value ÷ 2019 value × 100. Percentage change = index − 100. The source marks 2025 preliminary and earlier observations as revised where applicable. The CSV preserves source values and calculated indices.