In 2017 St Vincent and the Grenadines received some 270 cruise calls according to data from the Ministry of Tourism.
Draft 2 for the 2018 season shows there would be 273 port calls to St Vincent and the Grenadines.
The data also shows that total arrivals for the 2017 cruise season was 239,000, in 2016 data reveals arrivals of 121,000.
According to Minister of Tourism Ces McKie this year actual visitors from cruise calls would be 391,000 based on ships capacity and bookings.
Minister Mckie says that service providers can expect a bounty this cruise season.
McKie said tourism officials would travel to Puerto Rico in November to attend the FCCA conference, he says officials would use that time to have intense discussions with cruise companies seeking further calls to St Vincent.
The First Cruise Call to Port Kingstown on Thursday 1st November came with the docking of Azura.
Cruise Ship Britannia would dock at port Kingstown on 8th November, this month is expected to see some 8 cruise calls to the island.
