The Government of Saint Lucia has designated the City of Castries as a Tourism Product with tremendous potential to increase visitor spending. As such the improvement of the Castries City Product has been deemed a priority for Saint Lucia with investments targeted towards improving sites and attractions, as well as undertaking activities aimed at making downtown Castries more pleasant and attractive to Saint Lucian residents and tourists. In keeping with this direction, the Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture & Creative Industries, as part of the implementation of the OECS Regional Tourism Competitiveness Project (ORTCP), is in the process of executing several investment initiatives to revitalize downtown Castries. One of those key initiatives is the execution of works for improvements to sidewalks at strategic locations in Castries city.