Financing has been secured from the World Bank, towards the implementation of the OECS Regional
Tourism Competitiveness Project (ORTCP). The Project principally aims to improve selected tourist
sites in Castries. In this regard the Government of Saint Lucia (GoSL) has identified the Castries City
Tourism Product as a priority for Saint Lucia with targeted investment sites and activities aimed at
making downtown Castries more pleasant and attractive to tourists as well as to Saint Lucian residents.
Therefore, as part of the ORTCP, the Government of Saint Lucia intends to implement several
investment initiatives to revitalize downtown Castries. One of these initiatives is the Redevelopment
of the Castries Market.
Financing has been secured from the World Bank, towards the implementation of the OECS Regional Tourism Competitiveness Project (ORTCP). The Project principally aims to improve selected tourist sites in Castries. In this regard the Government of Saint Lucia (GoSL) has identified the Castries City Tourism Product as a priority for Saint Lucia with targeted investment sites and activities aimed at making downtown Castries more pleasant and attractive to tourists as well as to Saint Lucian residents. Therefore, as part of the ORTCP, the Government of Saint Lucia intends to implement several investment initiatives to revitalize downtown Castries. One of these initiatives is the Redevelopment of the Castries Market.
The communities of Marchand and Entrepot border one another and are located in
Castries to the south-east of the city. The Marchand-Entrepot River is a tributary of the
Castries River which traverses these communities on its way to the sea through the city of
Castries. The Marchand-Entrepot riverbank stabilisation works aim to address soil erosion
which has created bank slope instability along the banks of this tributary, increasing the
risk of land slippage along a densely developed area with existing structures lining the
riverbank.
The Ministry of Tourism, Information and Broadcasting, Culture and Creative Industries is currently
implementing the OECS Regional Tourism and Competitiveness Project (ORTCP) - a six-year tourism
development project, which was launched in January 2018. The Project is funded by the World Bank as
a regional initiative that is concurrently being implemented in Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines
by their respective national governments.
The original objectives of the Project were to: (i) facilitate the movement of tourists within the
participating countries using ferries; (ii) improve selected touristic sites; and (iii) strengthen
implementation capacity for regional tourism market development in the participating countries.