 Tourism continues to rebound, auguring well for more jobs, business linkages and revenue, with more eyes set on St. Lucia and additional options from international gateways. Visitor arrival data for May 2021 indicates that St. Lucia had recovered 81% of the US market. Since the reintroduction of tourism on June 4, 2020, to date, St. Lucia has welcomed over 80,141 visitors. Surpassing 35% visitor arrival projections, the past month noted peaks in arrivals as the destination had yet another busy weekend that welcomed more than 3,000 visitors. Tourism officials were part of the delegation that welcomed the reintroduction of American Airlines service from New York's JFK International Airport and the data-driven service from Dallas Fort Worth DFW. A combined total of 209 arriving passengers, including those fully vaccinated, were met with a full complement of protocols in place. We haven't had an American Airlines flight out of JFK since 2009 and that is quite critical as well. And that is going to help us as well, giving customers the extra option of having an American Airlines flight from JFK. That really is going to create a lot of competition on the route for JetBlue. Whenever there is competition, the price is likely to go down, it makes us more competitive. So I think that it's very, very good all around and we're very excited and I think really we have to continue to build from here. With DFW being an award-winning international airport and with an average of 4.7 million passengers, the St. Lucia Tourism Authority seized the opportunity to captivate a large audience during high-dwell times, displaying some of St. Lucia's most compelling digital and static images as well as branding across the interior and exterior of all four terminals and the Jet Bridges at Terminals A and C. Very big day for St. Lucia's tourism and it's coming at a time when we really need that kind of boost with all of the fallout and disruptions that are taking place with COVID-19. It really does show a lot of confidence in St. Lucia and it helps rebuilding our tourism industry that much better. Locally handcrafted plaques depict in the Destinations logo and niche markets by St. Lucia's artist Christy Gustave were presented to American Airlines in commemoration of its services to the destination. Crew members, special guests and lucky seat winners were also gifted on arrival, compliments the St. Lucia Tourism Authority, Chairman's Reserve Room by St. Lucia's artist Daniel Jabatis and Kako Organic. Out of Dallas, one lucky passenger was gifted with a three-night stay for two complements Sugar Beach, a viceroy resort. The weekly non-stop Saturday service will depart St. Lucia for Dallas every Saturday at 2.30 p.m. Eastern Caribbean time. The New York service departs at 3 p.m. From the Government Information Service, Lisa Joseph reporting.