Tourist Arrivals Continue to Increase

Tourist arrivals are beginning to show positive signs as the island continues to emerge from the shadow of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Official figures show that 2, 812 persons visited Montserrat for the period January to September 2022.

This is compared to 927 over the same period in 2021, a 200 per cent increase.

Arrivals have been increasing steadily since the start of the year, improving from just 137 in January to 554 in August.

Visitor expenditure this year to date is 6.9 million dollars, compared to 4.3 million dollars for the entire year in 2021.

This is still a far cry from the 27 million dollars visitors spent on Montserrat in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tourism ground to a halt, following the pandemic with devastating spill-over effects.