Tourism in St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

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RMS St. Helena

The tourism in St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha plays for the British overseas territory of an important economic role. While St. Helena is regularly made accessible to tourists by the RMS St. Helena (until February 2018) and cruise ships , Ascension and Tristan da Cunha reach significantly fewer tourists in absolute terms .

St. Helena

With the opening of the St. Helena airport for regular services, the island should be made accessible to more travelers. It is assumed that there will be an increase from 1,400 (as of 2016) to 2,000 travelers by 2020. It is possible that up to 7700 tourists could visit the island in 2020. According to government figures, around 1,800 travelers visited the island in 2011, in 2015 there were already 2,300. By 2020, 7050 to 8800 travelers are expected. In 2011, the spending of travelers on the island was a good 600,000 pounds sterling , which rose to 821,000 by 2015. In 2012, the UK Ministry of Development spoke of 3356 travelers.

Due to the limited usability of the airport (small plane only once a week), the desired financial independence of the island from growing tourism is seen as controversial. A record number of 5200 visitors was reported for the first year after the airport opened.

Ascension

Until 2002 there was practically no tourism on Ascension due to the island's remoteness and lack of accommodation. Regular flight connections to Wideawake Airfield by the Royal Air Force have increased the number of travelers since then. The flights were discontinued in 2017. The only hotel in Georgetown closed in September 2017.

Tristan da Cunha

Tristan da Cunha is the most isolated group of islands in the overseas area and is visited by only a few tourists each year.

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  1. ^ RMS St Helena docked for the final time in Cape Town. St Helena Government, 19th February 2018.
  2. ↑ St Helena hopes to open airport within months. Routes Online, June 6, 2016.
  3. ↑ SHG Tourism Strategy 2012-2016 - Appendix 4. Saint Helena Government, p. 17.
  4. ^ Visitor Demand Assessment after the Completion of St Helena Airport. Department for International Development, September 2013, p. 14.
  5. ↑ Flights to the impossible airport. In: Der Spiegel 36 (2017), from September 2, 2017, p. 97.
  6. ↑ St Helena luxury hotel boom on track as SA Airlink deal being finalized. Traveller24, June 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ St Helena aims for tourism boost despite airport woes. City AM, January 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ St Helena: World's 'most useless airport' finally gets scheduled flight. The Independent on July 25, 2017.
  9. ↑ NUMBER OF PEOPLE VISITING ST HELENA AT A RECORD HIGH. The Sentine, October 25, 2018, p. 20.