St John’s project benefits cruise sector

The tourism sector in Antigua & Barbuda is set to receive a boost from higher numbers of cruise visitors as a result of recent improvements to the Port of St John’s. But the original vision of a large-scale port redevelopment is still in doubt owing to limited foreign funding.

Significant progress has been made in the port development project at St John’s, Antigua, since the topic was last examined by Caribbean Maritime in May 2015.

However, the project appears to have been downscaled from the original concept of a major redevelopment involving the relocation of cargo facilities and the creation of an Economic Free Zone. Currently, the main beneficiary is the cruise sector.

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