Tourism

The quest to "save Haiti" seems to be leading the into opposite directions... Human rights attorney Mario Joseph and Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin are both trying to improve Haiti, but are following radically different paths to doing so... One of them wants justice, the other wants tourism.

Attention all Haitians in the Diaspora, you are cordially invited to come home to Haiti this summer... "The minister of tourism invites the diaspora to visit friends and family in Haiti this summer," This is a tweet from the Haiti Centre de Facilitation des Investissements (CFI)... Take a load off... Come to Haiti!!!

Attention everyone traveling to Haiti with a Foreign (non-Haitian) passport... Starting 01 July 2014, you will be subject to pay a tourist fee set at 10 U.S. dollars or 10 euros or $10 Canadian, whichever is more convenient to you, upon landing in Haiti...

Watch this video... A young Haitian-American posts a video on YouTube complaining that Haiti is NOT open for business. Haiti is just too darn expensive she says for her to vacation there...

Good news for Haiti airline passengers... Tortug'Air, the Haitian airline company that has been flying to many parts of the country, has just made their first flight from Fort Lauderdale Florida to Cap Haitien Haiti Thursday 05 June 2014...

Good news for Haitian airline travelers from Cap Haitien... American Airlines will begin new flights to Cap Haitien Haiti starting in September 2014. This info came from the mouth of president Michel Martelly during the inauguration of his PHTK political party office in Cap Haitien Sunday 11 May 2014 ...

Good news for Tourism in Haiti... Expedia Lodging Services, the company that helps travelers find hotels via Expedia.com, Hotels.com and Hotwire.com is currently in Haiti checking out the hotels and resorts...

Just added... 127 PHOTOS of Gelée Beach in Les Cayes Haiti, I always heard about Gelée but I've never been to Gelée... On my recent trip to Les Cayes Haiti, I decided to stop at Gelee Beach for a quick look... Look at all the photos here...

Some good news regarding tourism in Haiti... more and more Canadians visiting Haiti... Read this from The Canadian Press... The latest tourism statistics demonstrate that Canadians are increasingly visiting Haiti... 33,000 traveled last year to what was once known as the Pearl of the Antilles... What can I tell you? A pearl is a pearl is a pearl... Let's clean her up, fix her up, and make her shine!

I just read some great news about the number of tourists arriving in Haiti these days... 20 percent MORE TOURISTS arrived in Haiti in 2013 then the year before... This is according to preliminary figures recently released by the Caribbean Tourism Organization.