Antigua and Barbuda Travel News

The full impact of the global financial crisis and the recession that it has spawned are now being felt in the world travel industry, as reflected in the sharp decline in air travel, especially in North America and Europe, the largest economic blocs and two biggest regions in the world air-transport system.

A recent decision by Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines to drop Antigua and Barbuda from its seven-night Southern Caribbean cruise itinerary could cost the tourist-dependent nation more than $40 million, the country's tourism minister told The Miami Herald Tuesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- On September 25, Charg d'Affaires Dr D Brent Hardt of the US Embassy to the Eastern Caribbean and Antigua-Barbuda's Minister of National Security Dr Errol Cort will officially open a state-of-the-art regional cyber-forensics laboratory.

Guyana has written the Antigua and Barbuda government inquiring about its new immigration policy after it received information that the passports of three sets of Guyanese children travelling to that country with their parents were being held by the authorities until their exit.

The action raises questions about implementation of cross-retaliation rulings, in which the complaining country can seek damages in a different sector than that in which the harm was incurred.

Antigua's highest mountain officially became "Mount Obama" on Tuesday as the small Caribbean nation celebrated the American president on his birthday and saluted him as a symbol of black achievement.

Antigua's highest mountain officially became "Mount Obama" on Tuesday as the small Caribbean nation celebrated the American president on his birthday and saluted him as a symbol of black achievement.

Caribbean countries dependent on tourism for jobs, foreign exchange and as the main driver of economic activity are being bombarded by the sharp downturn in the global travel industry.

Leaders of the Caribbean Community opened a four-day summit Thursday in Georgetown, Guyana, to the strains of steel drums and a call for unity as a host of weighty issues threaten to tear apart the 15-member regional bloc.

Governments across the Caribbean have stepped up their lobbying over changes to UK Air Passenger Duty that they argue seriously discriminates against their tourist industries.

Antigua and Barbuda , Dominica , Martinique , Puerto Rico , Guadeloupe Topics: Arts & Culture , History , Indigenous , Sport , Travel , Youth Languages: French , English Excerpt Since the beginning of 2009, French West Indians have questioned their identity, their national heritage and their present-day situation in different ways.

Jamaica is the first member state in Caricom to benefit from three special microscopes donated by the Government of Spain to boost capacity to detect early signs of cervical cancer.

Visiting Antigua and Barbuda The warm trade winds that ushered Admiral Horatio Nelson to Antigua in 1784 now cast their spell over visitors to this Leeward Islands nation.

Schengen Visa exemptions: First Class and Second Class Caricom citizens? Norman Girvan is Professor at the Institute of International Relations of the University of the West Indies.

The European Union signed short-stay visa waiver agreements on Thursday with Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the Seychelles.

In this photo released by South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, a pirate ship is seen from South Korea's Lynx helicopter in 37 kilometers south of Aden port in Yemen, Monday, May 4, 2009.

Somali pirates hijacked a German cargo ship carrying 11 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, the latest seizure by high-seas bandits who are holding hundreds of merchant mariners hostage, officials said Wednesday.

The International Monetary Fund has urged the Antigua and Barbuda government to move decisively in response to the challenges presented by the global economic crisis.

Five Caribbean countries reported double-digit drops in winter tourist arrivals compared with the prior year, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization.