Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe on the New Haiti

Tourism

Bonaire’s Big Travel Summer Continues

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With its turquoise waters, legendary dive sites and easygoing Dutch Caribbean vibe, Bonaire has become one of the region’s fastest-growing escapes, with a tourism renaissance for most of the last three years. That demand showed no signs of slowing in Aug. 2025, when the island welcomed 14,435 stayover visitors — a 15.6 percent increase over […]

First Ladies of Haiti, Dominican Republic Meet in New York

Above: the First Ladies’ meeting in New York (Photo: DICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff The First Ladies of both Haiti and the Dominican Republic held a meeting this week in New York in the context of the United Nations General Assembly meeting. Haiti’s Sophia Martelly and the Dominican Republic’s Cándida Montilla de Medina discussed […]

The Most Serene Spot in Statia

Above: Mazinga on the Bay (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell ST EUSTATIUS — It was toward the end of a long afternoon, that hour in the Caribbean when the sun hasn’t yet made up its mind on when to set and the rum calls and the waves lap a little slower. St Eustatius, […]

Trinidad and Tobago Pitches Tourism in Bid to Diversify Economy

Above: the investment conference in New York (CJ Photo: Joshua Martinez) By Joshua Martinez CJ Contributor NEW YORK — “We need to get away from a boom and bust economy.” These were the words of Trinidad and Tobago Trade, Industry and Investment Minister Vasant Bharath, who was addressing a group of potential investors at a […]

The Most Serene Spot in Statia

 Above: Statia (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell STATIA — Could this be the next big form of sustainable tourism in the Caribbean? Eco-tourism pioneer Jem Winston thinks so. Winston is a proponent of “homestay” tourism, which sees tourists and travelers pay to stay in the homes of Caribbean people, spending money, making lifelong friendships and […]

British Airways Planning Expansion of Service to Antigua

Above: a British Airways plane By the Caribbean Journal staff British Airways will be ramping up service to Antigua in the summer of 2015, Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Minister Asot Michael announced this week. The expansion will include an additional daily flight, increasing service from six to seven each day from London. The news was […]

Fairmont Barbados Resort Sold

 Above: the Fairmont Royal Pavilion Barbados Resort By Alexander Britell The Fairmont Royal Pavilion Barbados Resort has been sold, global real estate brokerage CBRE Hotels announced. The 72-room hotel had recently undergone an extensive renovation programme. It is located on a 17-acre site. London & Regional purchased the property from owner Ivanhoe Cambridge, with CBRE […]

10 Gourmet Caribbean Beach Bars

 A rum punch and a magret de canard? Yes, you can find them together in the Caribbean. Sure, there are great beach bars all across the Caribbean. But at certain sandy outposts in the Caribbean, you can find something more: legitimate gourmet cuisine. We call them gourmet beach bars, and here are 10 of our […]

The Bahamian Bronx Bomber

Above: Antoan Richardson By the Caribbean Journal staff Nassau, Bahamas-born outfielder Antoan Richardson is back in Major League Baseball, and this time for the league’s preeminent franchise: the New York Yankees, aka the Bronx Bombers. Richardson made news when he was first called up by the Atlanta Braves in 2011, as the sixth-ever Bahamian to […]

L'Occitane's New Caribbean Spa

Above: Scrub Island in the British Virgin Islands By the Caribbean Journal staff There’s a new L’Occitane-branded spa in the Caribbean. The French company has partnered with the British Virgin Islands’ Scrub Island Resort on a new branded spa at the resort’s Ixora Spa. “The Spa is a natural extension of L’Occitane and our respect for […]

Island Shop: The Caribbean's Most Expensive Panama Hat

Above: the Caribbean’s most expensive Panama hat at Olé (All photos by CJ) By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Would you pay $3,000 for this Panama hat (above)? Chances are someone will. After all, the most expensive hat ever sold by Olé, the milliner, craft and souvenir store here in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, had […]

Sustainable Tourism Conference Begins in St Eustatius

Above: St Eustatius (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell ST EUSTATIUS — Particularly for small islands, tourism development needs to begin in the community. That’s the overarching theme of the third annual Statia Sustainable Conference & Exhibition, which began on Thursday here in Oranjestad on the Dutch Caribbean island. This year’s conference, which covers “tourism and […]