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Jamaica’s 8 Million-Visitor Plan: A New Tourism Push Targeting Latin America, India, and the Middle East

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Jamaica is setting a big marker for where it wants tourism to go next. The island’s Government has unveiled a strategic roadmap for the 2026/2027 fiscal year designed to significantly diversify the island’s tourism source markets and position Jamaica to reach 8 million annual visitors and $10 billion in tourism earnings by 2030. It’s an […]

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A Must-Visit Beach Bar in The Bahamas

By Tim Cotroneo CJ Contributor Musically, the owner of Exuma Point Beach Bar and Grill has a legendary first name to live up to. When asked if he is the singer in the family, Elvis Rolle shakes his head and smiles. “I’m a dancer,” he says. If Exuma Point Beach Bar patrons are hoping for […]

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VIDEO: The Wonder of Ffryes Beach in Antigua

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By Alexander Britell and Guy Britton There’s something special about the blue. When you make your way down Antigua’s southwestern coast, you begin to see it. It’s not blue, it’s not green, it’s not turquoise. It’s a stunning, bold aquamarine, almost blinding in its brilliance. And at the core of it all is Ffryes Beach, […]

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Norwegian Is Adding More Nonstop Flights to Martinique

By Alexander Britell It’s getting even easier to visit the fascinating French Caribbean island of Martinique. The expanded flights are headlined by this week’s announcement that European carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle will be adding another major new route to the island from Canada. The low-cost carrier will be planning a new route from Montreal to […]


VIDEO: The Wonder of Ffryes Beach in Antigua

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao has long been home to some of the Caribbean’s coolest beach bars, from far-off spots like Kokomo to full-fledged beach destinations like Mambo. But now the island has another hot new beach bar. It’s called City Beach 88, and it just opened its doors […]

The Anegada Reef Hotel Is Back

By the Caribbean Journal staff A beloved boutique hotel has reopened its doors in the British Virgin Islands. The Anegada Reef Hotel is the latest British Virgin Islands hotel to relaunch in the wake of last year’s storms, and the second popular hotel to reopen in Anegada following the reopening of the Anegada Beach Club […]

A Secret Beach Bar in Abaco

By Alexander Britell The Great Abaco Highway is an empty road, straddled by slash pines; the miles pass by like  waves. Getting here is a long drive on the highway from just about anywhere in Abaco, hidden away at the end of the winding roads past Winding Bay. This is the road less traveled — […]

11 Caribbean Beach Bars to Visit in 2018

There’s something about the rum punch in the sand, the beer on the beach, the gregarious proprietor, that seems to etch itself in the mind of every traveler to the Caribbean. Plainly, the Caribbean beach bar epitomizes the Caribbean vacation fantasy. When you’re in a cold place, when you’re stuck at your desk, the beach […]

Another Jost Van Dyke Beach Bar Reopens

By the Caribbean Journal staff Another famous beach bar has reopened its doors on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands in the wake of Hurricane Irma, the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board announced this week. Following the reopenings world-famous bars including Foxy’s and the Soggy Dollar Bar, another top destination has relaunched: Ivan’s […]

Anguilla’s Best Beach Bar Has Rebuilt and Reopened

By Alexander Britell It was the greatest beach bar in Anguilla. Until Hurricane Irma tore it down. But the beloved Garvey’s SunShine Shack did not let the storm win, and in just a few months, has totally rebuilt and reopened, the latest step in Anguilla’s inspiring recovery from the storm. The SunShine Shack 2.0 began […]

The British Virgin Islands’ Soggy Dollar Bar Is Open Again

By Alexander Britell If there’s one place that defines the Caribbean beach bar, one place that draws rum-loving pilgrims from around the world, it’s the Soggy Dollar Bar. But after closing due to damage from Hurricane Irma, the legendary spot on Jost Van Dyke’s White Bay has officially relaunched to serve up painkillers. “While Maria […]

St Barth’s La Plage Beach Bar Is Back

By the Caribbean Journal staff Days after the reopening of the popular Tom Beach hotel in St Barth, the property’s famous beach bar has also reopened its doors. La Plage, one of the main hotspots on the sand in St Jean, is now open for breakfast, lunch and dinner after its relaunch Dec. 27 in […]

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