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A spate of resort developments on St Lucia has made this high, green island one of the Caribbean's fashionable package-tour destinations, but it's still a long way from being sanitised and overdeveloped. Bananas are still bigger business than tourism in this archetypal island paradise.
Fast Facts
Country Full Name
Saint Lucia
Population
156,260
Currency
Name: East Caribbean Dollar
Code: XCD
Symbol: EC$
Electrical Plugs
240V 50Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: English
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -4
Country Dialing Code
+758
Weights & Measures
Imperial
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