8 | Invest Saint Lucia
project where most of our cruise ships come
now. We actually want to do some re-devel-
opment there to actually encourage new in-
vestment opportunities in that specific area.
So that is something that’s going to be show-
cased at the forum.
The other thing that we’re working on as
well is the softer side – Saint Lucia has a long
history of traditional medicine. We’re trying
to actually work with companies for tradi-
tional medicines and wellness. Wellness hap-
pens to be one of the sectors that our tour-
ist board focuses on, in terms of spa health
and wellness. I’m not sure if you’re aware,
but Saint Lucia has one of the world’s best, I
would say, the world’s only drive-in volcano,
which is very therapeutic in terms of, it has
been dormant for many years, but the thera-
peutic potential of those sulfur springs as we
call it, is huge. And as a result of that, a lot of
people come to Saint Lucia to visit that area
and the benefit from being there. So we’re
trying to look and see how we could actually
expand and undertake some investment in
there to create value added in terms of the
products and services and do a lot more with
it than what is currently happening.
We’re also looking at in terms of our per-
sonal culture. We have a unique way in our
culinary aspect – so even there, we’re look-
ing at a culinary institute on the soft side
of infrastructure, where persons on the is-
