The historic appeal of Charlotte Amalie (and its buzzing new boutique lodge). Glowing white-sand seashores like Lindquist and Magens Bay. World-class eateries like Blue 11.
It’s no shock that the USVI’s island of St Thomas is likely one of the hottest locations to go to within the Caribbean proper now, and now it’s risen proper to the highest of the Caribbean market.
St Thomas is the highest trending vacation spot within the wider Caribbean for summer season journey, based on a brand new report from journey large Expedia.
St Thomas is the highest trending summer season getaway within the area primarily based on lodge and lodging searches, the corporate shared in a report supplied to Caribbean Journal.
In reality, St Thomas searches are up 45 p.c in comparison with final 12 months, forward of one other prime Caribbean hotspot San Juan, the place searches are up 35 p.c in the identical interval.
It’s a testomony to the vacation spot’s continued progress, amid a renaissance that largely started within the coronary heart of the pandemic.
That’s borne out within the numbers.
Tourism arrivals for St Thomas within the 2023-2024 winter season are projected to rise by 20 p.c, USVI Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte instructed Caribbean Journal.
Total, air arrivals are anticipated to develop by 28 p.c for the US Virgin Islands at giant, in comparison with the identical interval in 2023.
