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This St John, USVI Beach Has Sugar-White Sand, Turquoise Water, and a Paddle-In Tiki Bar 

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Beach. Blue. Rum. That’s all it takes to understand why Maho has become one of the island’s most magnetic places. The water is calm, the sand is soft, and just behind the palms, a pop-up beach village serves cocktails that taste like vacation itself. You’re sitting with a Painkiller in one hand, the sand cool beneath […]

First Air Europa Flight From Madrid Arrives in Puerto Rico

Above: an Air Europa plane By the Caribbean Journal staff The first Air Europa flight from Madrid touched down in San Juan on Thursday afternoon. It was the first direct flight from Madrid to San Juan since Iberia canceled its flights between the two cities in December 2012. The flights will be operated every Thursday […]

Turks and Caicos Reports 30 Percent Increase in Stopover Arrivals

Above: the Turks and Caicos Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff Tourist stopover arrivals to the Turks and Caicos Islands rose by 30 percent in the first quarter of 2014, according to data released Thursday by the Turks and Ciacos Islands Tourist Board. There were a total of 105,506 stopover visitors in the first quarter, […]

Op-Ed: Gender Equality in Jamaica

By Wayne Campbell Op-Ed Contributor “GENDER EQUALITY is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.” — Kofi Annan. Former UN Secretary General. Historically, women from all across the world have been subjected to various forms of structural discrimination. […]

Turks and Caicos Reports 30 Percent Increase in Stopover Arrivals

 Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government is moving to create a National Museum of Jamaica. Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna said a National Museum Foundation has already been established to support the museum, which would be located in Kingston. “I have already engaged key stakeholders, including past esteemed […]

British Virgin Islands Sees Big Jump in Tourist Arrivals

Above: the British Virgin Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff The British Virgin Islands saw a 10.7 percent increase in stayover arrivals in the January and February, the largest increase of any destination in the Caribbean in that period, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The British Overseas Territory welcomed 76,393 total stopover […]

Grenada Building Reverse Osmosis Plants on Carriacou, Petite Martinique

Above: Carriacou By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government is building reverse osmosis desalination plants on the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The projects are being funded by the CARICOM Climate Change Centre, and Mark Bynoe, an environmental economist with the organization, is currently in Grenada overseeing the setting of the plants. The project […]

15 Great Summer Vacations in the Caribbean For 2014

 It’s one of the region’s best-kept secrets: the Caribbean is an even cooler place in the summer. It might be the summer breezes, or the emptied-out beaches or the great deals. But when you’re planning your summer vacation, look no further than the Caribbean. The beach is just as cool, the water is warmer, swimming […]

Sonesta Coming to Curaçao

 Above: the Kura Hulanda Village Curaçao (Caribbean Journal photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Sonesta is coming to Curaçao. The brand will be taking over at the Kura Hulanda hotel properties on the island, parent company GHL Hoteles announced on their Facebook page. Both the Kura Hulanda Village & Spa and the Kura Hulanda Lodge […]

Afternoon in a Saint-Pierre Café

 Above: Saint-Pierre, Martinique (all photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell SAINT-PIERRE — IN THE shadow of the volcano, St Pierre is silent. It is 3 o’clock in this corner of Martinique, once a bright cosmopolitan light of the West Indies. The storefronts and snacks are closed; few walk the streets. The sun is strong. It […]

Ranking the Caribbean on Cell Phone Use

 Above: Grand Cayman (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Where do people use cell phones the most in the Caribbean? To find out, we looked at the most recent edition of the World Bank’s World Development Indicators report, which has data on a number of specific business and economic indicators in the region, including […]

JetBlue Adding Service to Cartagena

Above: Cartagena By the Caribbean Journal staff JetBlue has announced the addition of a new daily nonstop route from Fort Lauderdale to Cartagena, Colombia. The new route will begin on Oct. 29, 2014, departing at 12 PM and arriving at 1:54 PM in Cartagena. The return flight will leave at 2:50 PM and arrive at […]