travel news review


11 March '98
Cruising to St Lucia? Then be prepared to shell out a US$1.50 "environmental levy" from 1 May. This raises the island's cruise tax to $6.50. Other islands in the region are considering a price hike despite threats of boycotts from some cruise operators.

11 February'98
Air Jamaica announced that after February it plans to decrease flights to St Lucia and Barbados and will no longer fly into Antigua. American Airlines also recently announced that it would cut services to St Lucia, Antigua and Grenada unless the local governments arranged to subsidise the flights. The drop in air transport will severely affect these tourism-dependent Caribbean islands.