The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased in the first quarter of 2024 to 113.31, which represented an increase of 0.90% when compared to the previous quarter. Additionally, when comparing consumer prices in quarter first of 2023 to quarter first of 2024 the results show a notable increase of 3.62%.
St. Maarten, May 2, 2024 – St. Maarten is pleased to announce a significant growth in tourism,
with a total of 131,322 stayover guests welcomed during the first quarter of 2024. This marks a
notable 7% increase from the same period last year.
Stay-over tourism refers to the act of traveling to a different location and spending at least one night there. Since the pandemic there has been a boost in travel because of the pentup demand to travel post Covid restrictions.