Pollutants ranging from pesticides to illicit drugs have been found in fresh water aquifers beneath a Caribbean resort in Mexico and could damage future tourism unless the region cleans up, a U.N.-backed study said on Sunday. The amounts of pollution, including tiny traces of cocaine excreted in sewage, were not considered a health threat today but tighter controls were needed since the region’s population was projected to surge tenfold by 2030, it said.
What most people think of as the Yucatan in Mexico is actually several contiguous territories (states) that form the Yucatan peninsula. Campeche is one of those, just west of the state of Yucatan. It sits on the southern most part of the Gulf of Mexico and has approximately 270,000 inhabitants.
The Chilean government is involved in an aggressive campaign to bolster tourism in the Magallanes region and absorb the impact of the recent protests in the extreme south of the country that paralyzed all activities in the area for several days.
Several Aruba resorts are offering special winter vacation packages. The Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa is offering a 50 percent off sale, with rates beginning at $291 per room, per night for travel through April 24, 2011. The sale also includes $25 credit to the resort’s Larimar Spa and a $150 beverage credit on stays of five or six nights (cumulative).
Saint Lucia’s tourism leaders reported success at the 2011 CHTA Caribbean Marketplace in Jamaica last week and are optimistic about future developments. Saint Lucia’s Tourism Minister, Senator Allen Chastanet told reporters from the trade floor of the huge travel and tourism meeting at the Montego Bay Convention Center in Rose Hall, that after a successful 2010 when the island welcomed more than 305,000 stay-over visitors and increased revenue by 30 percent, 2011 is shaping up to be another bumper year.
Those heading on a gap year around the Caribbean may not want to forget to stop off at Aruba. People looking for a destination with a difference, but which still has style, could find the island perfect for their needs. Around 15,000 Britons are expected to land on the island this year, according to the Aruba Tourism Authority.