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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 […]

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How This Bracelet Is Supporting Irma Relief

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor You may know St. Croix jewelers Sonya Ltd as the originator of the hook bracelet, that classically Crucian silver or gold piece of jewelry that silently signals whether you’re single or taken, depending on whether you wear the the hook toward or away from your wrist. But you might […]

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St. Kitts “Ready to Welcome Visitors”

By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of St. Kitts is “ready to welcome visitors” after escaping the wrath of Hurricane Irma. The island’s airport, cruise port and all tourism providers are “open and resuming normal operations,” the island’s tourist board said in a statement. St. Kitts was “fortunate to be virtually unscathed by Hurricane […]

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American Airlines: Slight Uptick in Latin America, Caribbean Traffic

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By the Caribbean Journal staff American Airlines saw a slight uptick in traffic to Latin America and the Caribbean in August, according to the carrier’s latest data report. American Airlines reported just under 2.6 billion revenue passenger miles to the region last month, a 0.8 percent increase over the same period in 2016. Available seat […]


St. Kitts “Ready to Welcome Visitors”

By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua’s tourism industry has quickly bounced back from Hurricane Irma, with excursions, restaurants and hotels reopening for business. Popular restaurants like Beach Limers, Coconut Grove, Sheer Rocks, Turners and Le Bistro have already opened their doors, while tour operators have also reopened to provide everything from safari land tours to […]

St Barth Airport Reopens

By Alexander Britell In a major sign of strength for hard-hit St Barth, the island’s famous Gustav III airport is officially open for commerical operations. The airport has begun taking commercial flights from carriers like Air Antilles (out of Guadeloupe) and Tradewind Aviation (out of San Juan). The latter, Tradewind, has been at the forefront […]

St. Thomas' Bolongo Bay Targeting December Reopening

By the Caribbean Journal staff St. Thomas was devastated by Hurricane Irma, but the island’s tourism infrastructure is beginning to rebuild and recover. The Bolongo Bay Beach Resort, perhaps the island’s signature hotel, has announced “high expectations” to begin taking guests on Dec. 22. “Bolongo was so very lucky according to many other properties,” the […]

Antigua Eyes “Sustainable Development Plan” for Barbuda

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor It’s time to create a sustainable development plan for the devastated island of Barbuda, according to Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Minister Asot Michael. Michael’s call came during the minister’s contribution to a special sitting of Parliament, which was geared towards the ratification of Barbuda’s State of Emergency in the wake […]

Turks and Caicos’ Sands, Shore Club, Palms Reopening This Month

By the Caribbean Journal staff Hurricane Irma passed through the Turks and Caicos last week, but the island of Providenciales was spared some of Irma’s wrath. Indeed, some of the island’s top resorts are already planning to reopen this month. Hartling Group Resorts, which has three of the island’s leading resorts, has announced a timetable […]

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson Visits Caribbean

By the Caribbean Journal staff British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson flew to Barbados on Tuesday to begin a journey through the British territories devastated by Hurricane Irma. Johnson flew immediately on a military flight to hard-hit Anguilla, and plans to visit the British Virgin Islands on Wednesday. The United Kingdom has launched a major relief […]

How You Can Help Barbuda

By the Caribbean Journal staff The island of Barbuda was totally devastated by the passage of Hurricane Irma last week Almost 95 percent of the island’s buildings were destroyed, with both private properties and government facilities either destroyed or extensively damaged, while one life was lost. The situation is severe, though relief and rebuilding efforts […]

Editor's Note: The Caribbean, After Irma

On Oct. 9, 1780, the Great Hurricane came to the Caribbean. Huracan San Calixto lasted 11 days in the West Indies, pummeling the southeastern Caribbean with terrifying winds as high as 200 miles per hour, destroying homes and livelihoods. Almost 22,000 people died across the West Indies in islands including Barbados, Martinique, St Lucia, St […]