Tourism

Haiti Tourism News - Hilton Worldwide Announces their first hotel in Haiti with development of the Hilton Garden Inn Port-au-Prince Louverture Airport... The new Hilton Garden is expected to be open in 2016....

QUESTION: What is wrong with turning the island of Ile-a-Vache Haiti from subsistance farming and fishing island into a modern Resort Island, creating jobs and inviting tons of tourists to come in, have fun and leave their money behind??? Nothing if you ask me... BUT ask some residents of Ile-a-Vache and you will get a big "HELL NO..."

After the Gonaives Carnaval, I decided to go with a friend to re-visit Les Cayes... Except this time, we chose not to stay in the city but go high in the mountains near the commune of Chantal... Deep inside Torbeck... To visit my friend's grand parents... I had to leave my car behind and walk uphill nearly an hour... Beyond the treacherous walk is a paradise that most Haitian city slickers know nothing about...

We have just arrived in the City of Gonaives Haiti for Haiti kanaval 2014... The city is alive... Stands are being built... Lots of Houses are available for rent...

Attention Carnival fans... The Haiti Kanaval 2014 Theme is "Tèt kole pou Ayiti Pi Djanm"... Haitian national carnival will be held in the city of Independence, Gonaives Haiti 2, 3, and 4 March 2014... Se la pou-w la...

Haiti Carnaval Update --- Minis Kilti ak Kominikasyon Haiti-a fè konnen ke festivite kanaval Haiti 2014 la gen pou kòmanse Dimanch, 19 janvye 2014 olye pou yo 12 janvye 2014 ki make 4 lane depi yon gwo tonton tranbleman de tè te ravaje peyi d'Haiti... Li tap led anpil pou Haitien komanse fete kanaval jounen 12 janvier a...

QUESTION: What is wrong with a plan to construct an International airport, build roads, rebuild the port, build several hotels and electrify an island that has been ignored since the beginning of time? Well ask the residents of Ile-a-Vache Haiti. Some of them think it is a bad idea...

These days is it NOT only WHEN but WHERE will Haiti Carnaval 2014 take place... ANSWER: Gonaives, 2, 3, 4 March 2014... As soon as Christmas is over in Haiti the focus is on Carnaval... Bel Kanaval...

One thing that amazed me in Haiti, after spending too much time in the USA, is the fact that the rich in Haiti tend to live UP the Hill (neg anwo) and the poor live along the river or by the ocean... All of a sudden, Haiti is open for business, there are talks of Hotels, resorts and value being added to waterfront Haiti... It is time for the poor to hit the road?

American diva Madonna is in Haiti to visit humanitarian projects that ex-husband Sean Penn has been overseeing since the devastating Haiti earthquake in 2010... Sean Penn told AP Madonna came with her son Rocco, they arrived a "couple of days" ago, and he wasn't sure when she would leave.