 Every year, over 200 boats and 1,200 people set sail across the Atlantic from Gran Canaria to St. Lucia in one of the largest trans-ocean sailing events, the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers. On Thursday, December 20th, approximately 122 cruisers arrived via the Carnival Sailing Boat to Anselare to enjoy a mix of local foods, music and entertainment. Monica Frederick, coordinator of the ARC, explained that the ARC being brought to the community gives the cruisers a more profound experience of St. Lucia culture. So it gives our tourists an opportunity to interact with our local folk so that they could understand the lifestyle and the ways of our people. We serve them with a variety of food. We have pork, lamb, chicken, fish. The list goes on and on. Last week, we had the millet drummers they performed. We have the survivor's steel pan they performed. So we have a wide range of talent from the various communities because we want it to be a constituency thing and more so something for St. Lucia to come out and enjoy beautiful Anselare. I am very much enjoying it. It's been a fantastic experience. The people are beautiful. The water is beautiful. The pina coladas are beautiful. The music is even better. This is the third year that the events company of St. Lucia has collaborated with the IGUI Rodney Bay Marina, the World Cruising Club and the St. Lucia Tourism Authority to bring the act to the Anselare village. Minister for Tourism Honourable Dominic Fede presented the World Cruising Club with a plaque as a form of gratitude for their continuous support. Well, it's simply to say thank you to the support that we've received from the World Cruising Club who have partnered with the Anselare Fish Fry representatives to put on this exercise on an annual basis and it has been such a tremendous success and the economic footprint is amazing. You go around and you see people are spending money everywhere buying food, spending money on drinks, a lot of the bars in the village are also doing well. Whenever we put on these events they are a resounding success and the economic footprint is quite strong. St. Lucia has been the host destination for the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers for over three decades. The act 2018 concluded with the prize-giving ceremony on December 22nd marking the end of the rally till next year. From the Government Information Service, I am Anisia Antoine reporting.