Posts Tagged ‘ St Lucia ’

I think travellers can expect to see increased costs as destinations try to work out ways to pay for what the pandemic has cost them.

November is traditionally the month that Caribbean nations and islands celebrate tourism. That’s because it is also the beginning of their main holiday season. The hurricane season should be over and tourists from North American begin to leave the colder temperatures and head south. Europeans also head over to avoid the cold but in nowhere near the numbers that come from neighbours to the north. But this season could be very different from others in the past although that hasn’t stopped the Caribbean from launching
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The tax will be a topic of conversation this week but not as big a topic as how to entice more of us to holiday there.

According to a report in the St Lucia Times, Virgin Atlantic wanted $2.5 million from the St Lucian government to continue flying the route.

Another airline collapsed this week – Cobalt Air, there seems to be a Brexit effect around and yet another investigation shows that some website reviews are faked

Saint Lucia has launched a campaign starting today called the Saint Lucia Summer of Discovery which enables one visitor the chance to win $10,000 when holidaying there this summer.

catching Adrian’s eye this week: a new country comes into being – Eswatini – (it used to be Swaziland) the Design Museum in London is named European Museum of the Year and Charlotte Knowlson provides a putdown to two jokey male passengers on her easyJet flight.

New museum openings, mullet hair styles and the importance of British tourists to Nicaragua, Estonia and St Lucia occupy some of Adrian’s attention this week.

AS Cinese New Year gets away Adrian highlights a few places to see the festivities in the UK and Ireland

New passports, the new year sales, a new funicular railway and a new record in visitor numb ers at the Giant’s Causeway wrap up the pre-Christmas sippets column.

Is this too adventurous for me? Should I stick to cod and chips from my local chippie!

Adrian wonders why we aren’t travelling to the US but Indonesia and Croatia appeal more. From Bedfordshire to St Lucia and a beer museum in Bruges, he rounds off the smaller stories of the week.

The news that Spring has probably been the coldest for the last thirty-four years made me look for a summery, hot story for this morning to cheer us up. The Caribbean provides fun and the sunshine.

CD-Traveller has the low-down on what’s hot in the travel world, right now

World renowned chef, Jose Pizarro – aka the ‘godfather of Spanish cuisine’ – talks travel

Craving surf, sand and sun? The Caribbean has it covered. However consisting as it does of over 7,000 islands and islets, attempting to pick the best beach can present something of a challenge. Fortunately we’ve done the leg work for you and selected 10 top spots; those who get trapped in front of their computers at home only have themselves to blame