International Travel and Culture In Class Notes The Caribbean Don t need a passport to go to Puerto rico became part of US commonwealth in 1952 since 1890s part of US Languages in the Caribbean Creole Haiti Cuba P R and D R Spanish ABC Islands great travel destination Aruba Bonaire Curacao Language they speak is Papiamento Combination of english Portuguese Spanish and dutch Derivative of French Creole Haiti Jamaica main language English TERMS TO REMEMBER Trinidad and Tobago old british colony English is the national language Hindi really popular and mandarin Chinese Greater Antilles 5 countries to remember Cuba Jamaica Island of Hispanola Combines DR and Haiti Puerto Rico and the Cayman Islands All other smaller Islands are Lesser Antilles Martinique Northward are LEEWARD ISLANDS sheltered these islands are sheltered from the prevailing trade winds and sweep of the north atlantic to the area come closer to the south these islands from Guadaloupe south are WINWARD ISLANDS exposed exposed to the wind Us Virgin islands st Thomas st croix st john Denmark sold to the US in 1917 British virgin islands approximately 60 islands and only 15 inhabited ROAD TOWN IS THE MAJOR PORT NO BIG TARRIFS tourist income is 45 Anguilla great beaches british dependency Lack of water is a challenge St martin a department of france shares a hilly island with st marteen part of netherland Antilles speak French and dutch us students go to the medical school there St barts small rocky island once belonged to Sweden LUXURIOUS Saba part of netherland Antilles capital is the bottom and is at the bottom of a volcanos crater good scuba diving but limited lodging St kitts and nevis known as englands mother colony in the west indies Antigua and Barbuda together they form an independent country largest of the leeward islands popular for sailing because of tradewinds Winward Islands Martinique northern most of winward islands flagship of French culture in Caribbean 1902 a volcano destroyed a lot of the island 30 000 killed cruise ship port St lucia BRITISH background great mountain scenery rain forest interior beaches are black with volcano sand speak English St Vincent of the grenadines british in 1783 capital is Kingston center for yacht charters idyllic beaches resorts Grenada spice island leading producer of nutmeg oldest rum plant in the Caribbean French british rule beautiful beaches and gardens Barbados capital is BRIDGETOWN history bound with ENGLAND and the fortunes of sugar crop over festival held during the last week in july half of the people arrive by boat Islands off coast of South America Aruba hot dry climate capital is oranjestad casino and gambling night life beaches Bonaire tourists come to DIVE eat sleep and DIVE Curacao recently has emerged as a popular tourist destination casions diving and duty free shopping capital is WILLEMSTAD old world atmosphere Turks and caicos end of Bahamas beaches no large cruise ships providenciales is the most developed for tourism has worlds only commercial conch farm Lesser Antilles Most visited islands when it comes to the greater Antilles key travel destination Bermuda travel agents love this area Puerto rico dominican republic jamaica grand cayman islands Bahamas think of one particular island NEW PROVIDENCE where Nassau is st Thomas virgin islands same island st martin dutch medical students for school visit to see family who go to med school there st marteen French have fun there Antigua Martinique French Barbados important Grenada old british 1933 marines invaded island when prime minister had formed an alliance with castro in cuba and they were building international military airport in cuba and transporting troops to west Africa and had marines land because had 300 400 med students there and had to get them out Americans can t travel to Cuba some exceptions made where if you happen to travel to the island for humanitarian reasons with church have family there flights from tampa to Cuba only cultural research related trips for academia professors etc opening up infrastructure is not there in Cuba to have that much tourism overnight cannot happen what if it were to happen what would happen to travel and tourism in carribbean small islands have invested so much money that any drop will have an enormous impact tourism is prime economic resource Dominican Republic is concerned bc similar to Cuba golfing in the Dominican Republic north part of Dominican Republic ecotourism north atlantic whales go to bay in Dominican Republic to mate timing is important Casa de campo amazing resort Donald trump corporation is investing a lot in the DR Who owned the American virgin islands before DENMARK u s bought st Thomas st croix in 1917 and became us virgin islands Has cuba ever been part of the united states us obtained cuba Puerto rico guam and philipines during Spanish American war in 1892 cuba got independence in 1902 US still has part of Cuba SE Guantanamo Bay naval air station right across from panama canal West Indies originally named Caribbean natives were Carabs aka Caribbean Canadian and European tourism market in Cuba PRIMARILY Powerpoint climate constant coolest in Dec Jan and Feb 6os to 7os degrees Hurricane season july august st Martinique lucia etc bad for that can go over islands to gulf go to mexico go to west of fl ABC islands bc if you want to enjoy beautiful water and its august early September the hurricanes follow prevailing winds avoid hurricanes The Environment and its people a The land hundreds of islands volcanic continental and coral b The climate changes little between winter and summer c The people and their history native inhabitants Spanish French English Papiamento etc Bermuda The towns the worlds most northerly group of coral islands part of common wealth of st Britain Hamilton capital not known for night life not beach town no casinos go to Bermuda to play golf per mile has more golf courses than anywhere else in the world go to escape winter St george first capital cruise ships might spend two to three nights has pubs restaurants shops has 2000 people bigger cruise lines don t go in The Bahamas Chain of about 2400 keys and 700 coral islands tourism is in three areas Nassau Paradise Island Freeport and out islands NEW PROVIDENCE the site of nasssau major cruise ship destination Nassau capital Paradise islands has some of the best hotels atlantis Cable beach the site of more development and casinos Festivals Goombay the word comes from
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