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CARIBBEAN
Caribbean Cuba expects continued growth
Over January-August, Cuba counted 1.6mn visitors and expects the whole-year total will reach 2mn. That would represent a 3-4% increase over 2005. Canada is the main market, followed by the UK and Spain. Canada is expected to remain on top, partly because Canadians are the only nationals that are allowed up to a six-month stay on the island. And so Cuba encourages long-term stays for Canadian ‘snowbirds’ – residents who fly away from Canada’s snow-bound winter. Cubatravel also wants to promote the country’s diving destinations. It lists 551 dive sites and 150 certified guides.
Over January-August, Cuba counted 1.6mn visitors and expects the whole-year total will reach 2mn. That would represent a 3-4% increase over 2005. Canada is the main market, followed by the UK and Spain. Canada is expected to remain on top, partly because Canadians are the only nationals that are allowed up to a six-month stay on the island. And so Cuba encourages long-term stays for Canadian ‘snowbirds’ – residents who fly away from Canada’s snow-bound winter. Cubatravel also wants to promote the country’s diving destinations. It lists 551 dive sites and 150 certified guides.
Martinique is back
France’s Caribbean possession of Martinique recently revamped its website – martiniquetourisme.com - to improve trade needs. Travel agents can now book tourist products as well as download documents. After stagnating for many years, visitor projections indicate growth. This year officials expect 500,000 visitors from overseas and France, which would represent 3% growth.
Cayman Islands
Caymans:More eco-tourism products: a ‘bio-luminescent’ kayak tour on Grand Cayman; dive with a researcher programme at The Central Caribbean Institute on Little Cayman; and a bird-watching checklist. The Greg Norman-designed 9-hole golf course now open at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman.
The British Virgin Islands
The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board is due to launch ‘Nature's Little Secret Agent’ training programme at WTM. The aim is to develop a group of trained destination specialists at travel agencies through a series of online and offline ‘secret missions’ and challenges. The programme comprises six modules and covers the destination, hotels, resorts, private islands, villas, water-based activities and culture. Upon completion, participants will be awarded the BVI Special Agent status.
Caribbean
Some Caribbean countries are taking advantage of the Cricket World Cup, scheduled this coming March and April, to attract more tourists. But the anticipated number of visitors during that period has caused some concerns regarding accommodation supply.
Jamaica
In Jamaica, about 500 rooms in 160 local homes will be made available to offer bed-and-breakfast during this period. Cost will be US\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\$35-70 per person/per room including breakfast. Barbados, which will host a few key matches as well the final, plans for six cruise ships to be used as floating hotels, each with accommodation for 3,000. As the World Cup is expected to attract visitors outside the main markets for the destinations, several islands are adding promotional initiatives for those new markets. St Kitts & Nevis, for instance, targets Scottish travellers. Other potential markets for the cup include India, Netherlands, and South Africa.
Bahamas
Bahamas adds more A number of big developments are planned for the Bahamas. In December 2005, Ginn Resorts - a US resort development company - started work on Ginn-sur-Mer, a US\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\$4.9bn 792ha resort development on Grand Bahama island. This comprises 4,400 hotel and condominium units in a 20-storey tower, two golf courses, two marinas, private airport, casino, water park, spas, restaurants, nightclubs, and activity centres for children.
Montserrat
The British territory of Montserrat in the Caribbean is introducing volcano tourism, making the most of its active Soufriere Hills volcano. This includes a new visitor information centre at the volcano.
- ANTIGUA Antigua & Barbuda comprises three islands; Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda. Low-lying and volcanic in origin, they are part of the Leeward Islands group in the northeast Caribbean. Antigua’s...
- ARUBA Aruba is the smallest island in the Leeward group of the Dutch Caribbean islands, which also include Bonaire and Curaçao. They are popularly known as the ABCs. As the westernmost island of the...
- BARBADOS Barbados is the most easterly of the Caribbean chain of islands. It lies well to the east of the West Indies. To the west, beaches are made of fine white sand and there are natural coral reefs. Along...
- BERMUDA Bermuda Factsheet Bermuda South Shore Location - 3,000 miles from London or a six-and-a-half-hour flight and under two hours from New York. Contrary to popular belief, Bermuda is not in the...
- BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS The 60-plus islands, rocks and cays of the British Virgin Islands, only 16 of which are inhabited, make up the larger part of an archipelago forming the northern extremity of the Leeward Islands in...
- CAYMAN ISLANDS The Cayman Islands are situated in the Caribbean, 290km (180 miles) northwest of Jamaica, 240km (150 miles) south of Cuba and 770km (480 miles) south of Miami. The island country comprises Grand...
- CUBA Cuba is the largest Caribbean island, about the size of England, and the most westerly of the Greater Antilles group, lying 145km (90 miles) south of Florida. A quarter of the country is fairly...
- DOMINICA GEOGRAPHY Dominica (pronounced Dom-in-ee-ka) is a spectacular green island of rugged mountains, lush rainforests and rushing rivers in the Eastern Caribbean chain of Windward Islands. It lies...
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC The Discovery In the year 1492 Christopher Columbus touched the coasts of the Island and discovered in its inhabitants an Indian unknown race called Taínos –which in the arawac language...
- GRAND BAHAMA The Bahamas consist of 700 low-lying islands, mostly islets (cays or keys) and rocks. The whole archipelago extends 970km (500 miles) southeastward from the coast of Florida, surrounded by clear,...
- GUADELOUPE Guadeloupe comprises Guadeloupe proper (Basse-Terre), Grande-Terre (separated from Basse-Terre by a narrow sea channel) and five smaller islands. Basse-Terre has a rough volcanic relief whilst Grande...
- JAMAICA Jamaica is the third-largest island in the West Indies and is a narrow outcrop of a submerged mountain range. The island is crossed by a range of mountains reaching 2256m (7402ft) at the Blue...
- MARTINIQUE Tourism represent a major part of the economy. Each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors are drawn to Martinique's picturesque volcanic landscape, its fine black, white or peppered sand...
- MONTSERRAT Geography Montserrat is a lush green and mountainous island of approximately 40 square miles. It lies in the Eastern Caribbean chain of Leeward Islands, 27 miles southwest of Antigua. ...
- NEVIS Nevis, which is almost circular in shape. The island is skirted by miles of silver-sand beaches, golden coconut groves and a calm, turquoise sea in which great brown pelicans dive for the rich...
- ST BARTS St. Barthélemy blends the respective essences of the Caribbean and France in perfect proportions. A sophisticated but unstudied approach to relaxation and respite prevails: you can spend the...
- ST KITTS St Kitts (officially known as St Christopher) lies in the northern part of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean. The high central body of the island is made up of three groups of rugged...
- ST LUCIA St Lucia is the second-largest of the Windward Islands. It has some of the finest mountain scenery in the West Indies, rich with tropical vegetation. For such a small island, 43km (27 miles) by 23km...
- ST MAARTEN St Maarten, one of three Windward Islands in the Netherlands Antilles, is geographically part of the Leeward Group of the Lesser Antilles. It is not strictly an island – it occupies just one...
- TOBAGO The home of carnival, steel bands, calypso and limbo dancing, Trinidad & Tobago's blend of different cultures gives them an air of cosmopolitan excitement. Liming, or talking for talking's sake,...
- TRINIDAD The home of carnival, steel bands, calypso and limbo dancing, Trinidad & Tobago's blend of different cultures gives them an air of cosmopolitan excitement. Liming, or talking for talking's sake,...
- TURKS AND CAICOS The Turks & Caicos Islands are an archipelago of 40 islands (8 of which are inhabited) forming the southeastern end of the Bahamas chain. There are two principal groups, each surrounded by a...
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