The plunge-pool villas at Hammock Cove. The historic streets of Nelson’s Dockyard. Pool days at Sheer Rocks. Unforgettable honeymoons. Vibrant meals of pepperpot and fungee. Seaside bar hopping on the south coast. Limitless serenity in Barbuda.
Vacationers maintain flocking to the 365-beach-strong Antigua and Barbuda, and the surge in guests has helped result in what vacation spot officers are calling a “phenomenal” winter season.
That was the takeaway from the current Caribbean Journey Market convention in Montego Bay, the place Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority CEO Colin C. James led a high-level delegation together with US Director of Tourism Dean Fenton, UK and Europe Director of Tourism Cherrie Osborne, Canada Director of Tourism Tameka Wharton, Director of Tourism for the Caribbean and Latin America Market Charmaine Spencer, and Maria Blackman, ABTA’s Advertising and marketing-Communications Supervisor.
The 2023-2024 winter was “phenomenal,” James advised Caribbean Journal.
“All our main supply markets skilled development in stay-over customer arrivals for the primary quarter of 2024 when in comparison with the identical interval in 2023,” James stated.
That included 97,341 keep over guests within the first quarter of 2024, an 11 p.c improve in comparison with the identical interval in 2023.
And it appears that evidently’s just the start for the twin-island hotspot.
“Our companions are buoyed by the vacation spot’s constructive efficiency, and we will anticipate to learn farther from the notable will increase in airlift capability which is a results of sturdy demand for the vacation spot and strong advertising and marketing,” James stated.
That features just-launched flights to Antigua on Dawn Airways, together with the return of Condor in November, amongst others.
It’s simply a part of what has made Antigua and Barbuda one of the vital thrilling locations within the wider area in recent times, from its world-class portfolio of all-inclusive resorts like The Verandha, Cocobay, Hammock Cove and, most lately, the brand new Royalton CHIC to a buzzing restaurant scene and an enviable cultural and historic providing that features one of many prime UNESCO World Heritage websites within the Caribbean.
Even higher? It’s getting simpler to go to, together with Delta’s launch of nonstop flights between New York and Antigua.
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