guide to the Caribbean cont'd..

Dominica

Festivals
Dominica has some nice and colourful festivals which are popular both among the locals and the tourists.
The highlight is the CARNIVAL in February. It seems like the whole island joins in the festival. DOMFESTA is another popular event in summer. The INDEPENDENCE DAY is on the 3rd November.

Tourism Board / Dominica
DOMINICA NAT. DEV. CORPORATION
P.O. BOX 293
Roseau , Dominica
Phone: (001767) 4482045
Fax: (001767) 4485840
email: ndc@cwdom.dm
www.dominica.dm

Grenada

Festivals
The BILLINGFISH TOURNAMENT which attracts deep-sea fishers from everywhere held in May. The GRE-NADA SAILING FESTIVAL takes place in January or February each year and the GRENADA YACHT CLUB organizes some races all year round. Another popular event is the JAZZ FESTIVAL but the most popular of all is the CAR-NIVAL in summer.

Tourism Board / Grenada
GRENADA BOARD OF TOURISM
Burns Point
P.O. Box 293
St. Georges's, Grenada, West Indies
Phone: (1 473) 440-2279
Fax: (1 473) 440-6637
email: gbt@caribsurf.com
www.grenadagrenadines.com

Guadelope

Festivals
The CARNIVAL on Guadeloupe is the highlight of all ferstivals and takes place in February each year. You will see many colourful parades and there are some beauty contests too. The FETE DES CUISINIERES is also popular and takes place in summer. There are many more local and French festivals like the BASTILLE DAY and SCHOELCHER DAY.

Tourism Board / Antigua & Barbuda
OFFICE DU TOURISM GUADELOUPE
Maison du Port
97100 Basse-Terre
Phone: (0590) 81.61.54 - 81.24.83
Fax: (0590) 81.18.10
email: otb@outremer.com

5 Square de la Banque, PO Box 1099,
97181 Pointe-á-Pitre
Phone: (00590) 894-689, 820-930;
Fax: (00590) 838-922).

Jamaica

Festivals
The CARIBBEAN MUSIC EXPO takes place in March and is very popular among locals and tourists. The CAR-NIVAL is celebrated in April and is another highlight on Jamaica. The REGGAE DAY and the REGGAE SUMMER FESTIVAL are held in June. Jamaicas INDEPENDENCE DAY is in August and the well-known FILM FESTIVAL is in October.
At the end of the year the REGGAE MARA-THON takes place.

Tourism Board /Jamaica
JAMAICA TOURIST BOARD
64 Knutsford Bvld.
P.O. Box 360
Kingston 5 Jamaica Westindies
Phone: (001876) 9299200
Fax: (001876) 9299375
www.jamaicatravel.com

Martinique

Festivals
Every village on Martinique has its own festival and the public French holidays will also be celebrated. Actually you can see always every-where a festival.

In February the CARNIVAL will be celebrated which is the major event of the island. BASTILLE DAY, on 14th July, is a national holiday and held on Mar-tinique as well. There are some REGATTA´S on the island. Worth experien-cing are also the MARTINIQUE FOOD SHOW in April and the CULTURAL FESTIVAL in July.

Tourism Board / Martinique
OFFICE DU TOURISME
Rue Ernest Deproge
97200 Fort-de-France
Phone: (00596) 637960
Fax: (00596) 736693
email: info@martinique.org
www.martinique.org

Puerto Rico

Festivals
Puerto Rico celebrates many local religious festivals which ends mostly in colourful processions. They are really nice spectaculars which shouldn´t be miss. The CARNIVAL is the highlight of the year. BEAUTY CONTESTS and the HEINEKEN JAZZ FESTIVAL in summer are also popular.

Tourism Board / Puerto Rico
PUERTO RICO TOURISM COMPANY
P.O. Box 902-3960
San Juan, P.R.
Phone: (001787) 721-2400
www.prtourism.com

Saba & St Eustatius

Festivals
The STATIA DAY on 16th Novem-ber is celebrated on the whole is-land. The SUMMER FESTIVAL in July is also popular and lasts over a week. It seems like that everybody is on the streets. The CARNIVAL is the highlight on both islands.

Tourism Board / Saba & St Eustatius
DUTCH CARIBBEAN TRAVEL CENTER
email: dutch.caribbean-tc@t-online.de
www.dutch-caribbean.com

SABA TOURIST BUREAU
P.O. BOX 527
Windwardside
Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Telefon: 005994/162231
Fax: 005994/162350
email: iluvsaba@unspoiledqueen.com

ST. EUSTATIUS TOURISM DEV. FOUND.
Fort Oranjestraat
Oranjestad
St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean
Telefon: 005993/82433
Fax: 005993/82213

St Barth (elemy)

Festivals
On St. Barth the festivals take place the whole year long. In January the MUSIC FESTIVAL takes place and some international stars arrive to interpret www.stbartsmusicfestival.org.
The CARNIVAL is the highlight of the year and is celebrated in February.
There is a GASTRONOMICAL FESTIVAL the FILM FESTIVAL and the popular ST. BARTH REGATTA. in April, The MARATHON in November attracts a crowd of sport enthusiasts.

Tourism Board / St Barth
ST. BARTH OFFICE DU TOURISME
Quai General de Gaule
97133 Gustavia, St. Barthélémy
French West Indies
Phone: (00590) 278727
Fax: (00590) 277447
email: odtsb@wanadoo.fr

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